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Historical Event on 5/13/1962

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963).

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1959Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning.
6/30/1979R. D. Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation. He was there in this office till 24 Jan. 1980.
6/30/1979Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.
6/15/1991About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections.
10/4/1986Helicoptor Corporation of India established.
10/19/1921Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born.
8/28/1997Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set national records in hammer throw in Federation Cup Athletics.
1/19/1855G. Subramaniam Iyer, active worker of Indian National Congress since its establishment, was born.
11/17/1835James Todd, researcher and writer of Rajput history, passed away.
10/13/1999No change in portfolios of Advani, Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Fernandes.