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Historical Event on 4/13/1993

Lalitadevi Shastri passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/12/1894Busushottam Vishwanath Bapat, internationally famed Pali language expert, translator and editor, was born.
10/14/1940Cliff Richards [Harry Webb], rock vocalist, was born in Lucknow, India.
1/26/1972Amar Jawan, a national memorial, established at India Gate, New Dehli.
8/10/2000Parliament approves the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Bill to create a hilly state of Uttaranchal.
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
11/29/1989Voters oust Gandhi and Congress party
7/16/1996Supreme Court says dowry demand even during marriage talks is an offence.
3/21/1979The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988).
4/29/2000The Army institutes a high-level court of inquiry under Maj. Gen. C.B. Suku to look into the causes of the arms depot conflagration.
1/29/1992India and Israel decide to establish full diplomatic relations.