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Historical Event on 4/13/1851

Ganga Ram, great social reformer and an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, Punjab, was born at Mangtanwala, now in Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1996Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen.
4/3/1857Queen Victoria declared as Queen of India also.
8/14/1997Special session of Parliament to commemorate 50 years of independence.
1/6/1947All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country.
12/8/1942Hemant Shamsunder Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974), was born in Amravati, Maharashtra.
5/7/1994Sunit Khatau, famous industrialist and textile magnet in Mumbai and owner of Khatau Group, was murdered. He was 55.
6/30/1965Cease-fire was agreed under UN auspices between India and Pakistan, who signed treaty to stop the war at Rann of Kutch.
9/8/1951The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions) was re-designated as CDA(P), Allahabad.
6/21/1930Five hundred were hurt as police charged Bombay mob.
4/15/1883Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born.