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Historical Event on 8/13/1913

Khawtin Khuma, politician, was born at Phuldungsei, Tripura.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1913The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.
11/12/1997India elected to executive board of UNESCO.
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
1/28/1937Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born.
7/12/1996Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months.
4/30/1909Sant Tukdoji Maharaj, great saint, patriot and social worker, was born at Yawali, district Amravati.
10/4/1997Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, became inoperable due to power bus anomaly. This satellite had capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries.
1/30/1968Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer and President of All India, passed away.
12/12/1958Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs West Indies at Kanpur.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.