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Historical Event on 4/13/1851

Ganga Ram, great social reformer and an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, Punjab, was born at Mangtanwala, now in Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/1967Delimitation Agreement for Warfare in space was signed by 60 nations in United Nation.
4/20/1965First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest.
4/2/1948Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay.
1/1/1988The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA.
10/27/1969Darshansingh Pheruman died in Amritsar during the 74th day of his fast, which he had undertaken for the merger of Chandigarh in Punjab.
2/22/1873Sir Muhammad Ekbal, writer of song 'Sare Jahanse Achha', was born.
1/20/1957First Indian Atomic Reactor ""Apsara"" at Trombay, Mumbai, was dedicated to the nation.
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
1/25/2000The Centre begins the process of privatising the country's domestic carrier, Indian Airlines, and also approves the sale of majority equity in Modern Foods India Limited.
1/21/2000The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.