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Historical Event on 4/13/1948
Bhuvaneshwar became the capital of Orissa.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/20/1992 | Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the 'Bharat Ratna' Award at Calcutta. |
| 5/19/1992 | Arjuna award for Tennis star Leander Paes and Hockey champion Jagbir Singh. |
| 9/26/1923 | Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born. |
| 9/26/1923 | Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619. |
| 9/1/1956 | Life Insurance Corporation of India was established and all Life Insurance Business Companies were nationalised and merged in this corporation. |
| 12/27/1911 | Jana Gana Mana.... ,' India ' s National Anthem, was first sung at the Indian National Congress session held at Calcutta. |
| 9/21/1948 | Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society. |
| 1/9/1889 | Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being ""Mriganainee"". |
| 12/23/1998 | Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour. |
| 10/17/1997 | SEBI asks investors to adopt paperless trading through depository. |
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