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Historical Event on 3/13/1989

The first straw fired thermal power plant was laid in Jakhari village of Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/13/1911Sister Nivedita, follower of Vivekanand, died.
6/20/1939Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay.
6/18/1926Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P).
2/19/1992Shridhar Narayan Bendre, famous painter, passed away.
5/4/1995The fourth ASLV-D4 blasts off from Sriharikota, successfully placing the SROSS-C2 satellite in orbit.
2/10/1806Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Kainakary , Kerala.
7/3/1760Maratha army, under Sadashiv Rao Bhau and Vishvas Rao, captured Dehli.
8/4/1956Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay.
11/6/1946P. S. Shivswami Iyyer, great politician and administrator, passed away.
4/14/1914Takli Shivshankar, famous Malyalam novelist and short story writer, was born.