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Historical Event on 2/13/1936
Dinsha Wachha, great Industrialist and social worker, passed away at Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/30/1979 | Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'. |
| 8/27/1781 | Haider Ali and the Britishers fought the battle of Pallilore. |
| 3/12/1992 | India and the US decide to hold joint naval exercises in the Indian ocean. |
| 1/25/1989 | Congress-I ministry headed by S. C. Jamir assumes office in Nagaland. |
| 2/10/1902 | Hemraj, politician, was born at Dera Gopipur, (H.P.). |
| 9/18/1972 | India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971. |
| 10/17/1919 | The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad. |
| 5/5/1955 | Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce. |
| 12/4/1888 | Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, was born. |
| 6/15/1947 | All-India Congress accepts British plan for partition of India in New Delhi. |
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