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Historical Event on 2/13/1993

School collapses killing 21 pupils and 4 teachers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/1914Vinaya Kumar Parashar, journalist and social worker, was born at Hemgir, M.P.
9/5/1979Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.
3/25/1994Buta Singh exonerated by the Akal Takht after 9 years.
5/31/1970Indira Gandhi called for international help as the civil war in Bangladesh, or East Pakistan, had turned two million people into refugees. Many of them were suffering from cholera and smallpox. The authorities of West Pakistan refused to care for them, and India couldn't afford to.
10/31/1999Efforts to restore rail and telecom links on a war footing.
8/1/1882Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).
3/6/1995Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died.
5/5/1930Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
9/13/1991Churchil Alemao, former Goa CM, who was wanted under COFEPOSA, surrenders to the police in Panaji.