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Historical Event on 2/13/1968

Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/14/1991Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed.
11/5/1996Madhavrao Scindia rejoins Congress.
5/16/1945Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away.
2/27/1996In the Jain hawala case, non bailable warrants of arrest issued against 10 politicians including BJP leader L.K. Advani, former Dy. PM Devi Lal and former Union Ministers.
1/27/1926Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born.
3/11/1881Ashley Eden unveiled in Calcutta Town Hall the first statue of Indians Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore.
10/26/1981Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died.
6/2/2000Justice A. M. Ahmadi, former Chief Justice of India, appointed Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award.
8/5/1978Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra.
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.