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Historical Event on 2/13/1601
John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/8/1999 | Farah Khan made it a double, adding the National ladies snooker title in Delhi. |
| 3/3/1885 | Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt). |
| 9/5/1990 | Rajya Sabha approves the Prasar Bharati Bill rejecting by voice vote three motions moved by the Congress(I) to refer the Bill to a joint select committee. |
| 8/1/1963 | Soviets offer India arms to block China. |
| 1/26/1950 | The new Indian awards known as Param Vir Chakra, Maha Vir Chakra and Vir Chakra, were finally selected in June 1948 and annouced on the first Republic Day. Param Vir Chakra to the Victoria Cross, the Maha Vir Chakra to the Indian Order of Merit and the Vir Chakra is equivalent to the Military Cross. The Ashoka Chakra series, meant for gallantry other than in the face of the enemy, was probably meant to replace the George Cross, Albert Medal and George Medal. |
| 1/9/1994 | Indian diplomats and staff members evacuated from war-ravaged Kabul. |
| 10/13/1911 | Sister Nivedita, follower of Vivekanand, died. |
| 3/12/1997 | aspal Rana equals world mark in standard pistol 25m (ISU) event in South Asian shooting in Delhi. |
| 10/26/1930 | Dr. Waldemar Modecal Haffkine, famous scientist, bacteriologist and professor, died in Paris. He had invented the Cholera vaccine in 1893 and a vaccine for Plague in 1897 at the Grant Medical College, Bombay. |
| 1/24/1999 | The Orissa police arrest 47 persons in connection with the killing of the Australian missionary. |
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