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Historical Event on 8/13/1953

Durgabai Deshmukh became the founder Chairperson of Central Social Welfare Board, which involved several voluntary organisations and workers carrying out programs like education, training and rehabilitation of needy women etc.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/11/1906K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu.
4/8/1937R. Gundurao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka and senior leader of Indira Congress, was born.
6/17/1756Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21.
4/15/1794Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
6/14/1990Veerendra Verma sworn in as the new Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
2/23/1997Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.
7/14/1946India grants Siam a 20 year, 3 mil. credit to increase export of Siamese rice.
7/7/1992Truckers call off strike.
4/12/1976India set 403 to win against the West Indies.