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Historical Event on 2/13/1999

The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/10/1833Azad Muhammad Jussain, Urdu poet and educationalist, was born.
8/20/1996India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's, England.
10/10/1990Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh killing more than 60.
10/6/1954Nehru declared the National Health Scheme for the entire country.
2/15/1993India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras.
10/31/2000The Income Tax Department 'indicts' five cricketers - Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Sharma - for tax evasion and concealment of income earned through ""dubious sources'
1/5/1952Nawab of Pataudi Sr, cricketer (played polo 3 Tests for England 3 for India), died.
10/11/1737A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.
2/9/1991India holds the last decennial census of the century.
2/11/1993Kamal Amrohi, famous film producer, director and writer, died at the age of 76 years. He is famous for his Hindi films such as Mahal (1949), Pakeezah (1972) and Razia Sultan (1983). He also established Kamal Pictures (Mahal Films) in 1953 and Kamalistan Studio in Bombay in 1958.