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Historical Event on 2/13/1970
Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48 people at a village 80-km from New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/29/1997 | Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'. |
| 9/25/1946 | Bishan Singh Bedi, a former Indian cricketer was born. |
| 1/14/1761 | The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony. |
| 9/9/1999 | Mr. V. Sudarshan, Foreign Editor of The Pioneer till recently gets the Appan Menon Award. |
| 8/30/1989 | Anti-government riots leave at least 11 dead. |
| 4/11/2000 | Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'. |
| 6/23/1971 | Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, passed away. |
| 5/12/1666 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested. |
| 5/30/1867 | Maulana Mohammad Kasim Nanantavi established the famous Islamic educational centre 'Dar- Ul -Ulum' in Devkampa, Uttar Pradesh. |
| 8/20/1979 | Indian premier Charan Singh resigns. |
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