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Historical Event on 10/13/1911
Sister Nivedita, follower of Vivekanand, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/22/1970 | Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV), College of Agriculture, Palampur was transferred to Himachal Pradesh University as part of its Agricultural Complex. |
| 1/1/1983 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Communications Year"". |
| 12/26/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi and Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq meet in Delhi and agree not to attack nuclear plants in each other's country. |
| 5/2/1953 | 40 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers. |
| 4/15/1975 | India recognises the Sihanouk Government in Cambodia. |
| 10/2/1954 | Chandernagar, former under French possession, was made a part of West Bengal. |
| 5/12/1998 | Bill Clinton, US President, asks India to sign the CTBT. |
| 5/8/1933 | Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables. |
| 10/10/1998 | Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi. |
| 1/6/1664 | Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked on Surat. |
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