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Historical Event on 8/13/1963

Sisir Kumar Mitra, Physics scientist, died at the age of 73.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/6/1952George VI (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom, died of lung cancer at the age of 56 (succeeded by daughter, Elizabeth II). In 1947, His title of Emperor of India was deleted.
10/18/1901Mahatma Gandhi sails for India.
6/1/1993Premkumar Sharma, MLA of Bhartiya Janata Party, was assassinated.
8/10/1995Harishankar Parsai, famous Hindi litterateur, passed away.
2/22/1854Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'.
7/25/1997Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) retired from the post of 9th President.
7/29/1876Indian Science Congress Association was established in Bowbazar Street of Calcutta.
12/28/1951Recognition to Libya by India accorded.
4/29/1939Netaji resigned from the Congress and established his own party, the Forward Block and created a political deadlock in India.
10/15/1996H.D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, launched the concluding ceremony of the 85th year of ICMR at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. He also gave away the ICMR Prizes and Awards (1994-95) to outstanding bio-medical scientists of India.