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Historical Event on 2/13/1713
Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/1/1946 | Australia compiled 645 vs India at Gabba. Bradman made 187 runs. |
| 9/1/1977 | M. L. Wadhawan was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-09-1979. |
| 2/11/1935 | Lalita Narhar Bapat, famous marathi novelist, was born. |
| 1/6/1932 | Meenatai Thackrey, social worker, was born. |
| 10/5/1868 | Laxmi Narayan Barua, Assamia novelist, was born. |
| 3/13/1997 | H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express. |
| 11/22/1989 | Rajindernath, great Indian wicketkeeper 1 Test and 0 runs 0 ct, 4 stp, passed away. |
| 6/23/1984 | An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid. |
| 5/8/1996 | The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern. |
| 2/6/1985 | Vikram Kumar, Soccer(Football) player, was born. |
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