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Historical Event on 4/13/1997

Anand wins Dos Hermanas chess crown.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1757Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel.
12/22/1928An Alpine Romance', a 709 feet long sound film produced by Universal Picture Corporation, America, was the first sound film censored at Bombay on December 22. The other sound films censored on the same day were 'The Brox Sisters' and 'Bailey and Barnum.'
5/8/1954Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French.
3/13/1989The first straw fired thermal power plant was laid in Jakhari village of Punjab.
2/16/1933Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.
7/21/1658Aurangzeb celebrated his being the emperor of Mugal Empire at Delhi. He was informally enthroned.
9/21/1746French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras.
9/15/1965President Ayub Khan appeals to the US to use its influence to end Indian-Pakistani hostilities.
5/14/1998India will not sign CTBT unconditionally, says the Prime Minister.
6/17/1839Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born.