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Historical Event on 6/13/1927

Henry C. K. ""Clan"" Petty-Fitzmaurice, Governor of India (1888-94), passed away at the age of 82.

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10/19/1888Namakkal Kavignar, Gandhian poet and painter, was born at Mohanur in Salem.
7/5/1995Tarapur nuclear station controls the leakage and soil contamination within the natural background radiation levels.
1/29/1853Madhusudan Rao, modern writer in Oria language, was born.
11/6/1950King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India.
4/24/1980Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief.
3/17/1997Cochin Stock Exchange goes online.
10/26/1943Cholera epidemic killed 2,155 people in the third week of October at Calcutta.
9/8/1965Pakistan commenced its drive into the Indian Punjab using its 1-armoured division with the aim to foreclose India's options north of the Beas-Sutlej river line, after foiling the southern most divisional attack mounted by 4-Mountain Division.
4/8/1759British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India.
5/1/2000Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta.