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Historical Event on 5/13/1956

Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/1929Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
7/23/1991Premdatt Paliwal, president of All India Forward Block, died.
9/25/1997BAI-IBC dispute resolved.
8/29/1984Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.
11/18/1961The Navy went into action under the command of Rear Admiral BS Soman, then Flag Officer Commanding, Indian Fleet. The ships conducted their mission in three geographical areas for liberating Goa .
2/6/1990Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.
2/11/1997India and Russia agree on a package of trade and economic cooperation measures, following Foreign Minister I K Gujral's discussions in Moscow.
6/1/1874East India Company was dissolved.
11/25/1995The four-states of Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh proposes trade bloc for western States (Western Regional Cooperation).
3/24/2000Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.