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Historical Event on 3/13/1947
Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1999 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says Agni-2 to be inducted in the defence arsenal. |
| 8/30/1979 | Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'. |
| 4/15/1947 | Issues with Jinnah a joint appeal for communal peace. |
| 6/29/1966 | Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous mathematics expert, died. |
| 2/11/1959 | Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi). |
| 10/26/1991 | Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily newspaper 'Marathwada', died. |
| 6/17/1839 | Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born. |
| 6/25/1931 | Vishwanath Pratapsing, former Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 12/15/1965 | Maharastra State Agriculture Industry Development Corporation established. |
| 9/1/1947 | Indian Standard Time was adopted. |
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