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Historical Event on 4/13/1993

Bhupan Hazarika wins Phalke Award for 1992.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1994Shankarrao Savekar, veteran cameraman of film industry, passed away.
4/10/1997Kerala becomes the first state to have public telephones in all its villages, accessible over STD/ISD from any part of the world.
12/14/1999G.M.C. Balayogi, Lok Sabha speaker, presents a draft for over Rs. 32 lakhs to the Prime Minister for the Kargil Fund.
2/1/1930A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London.
1/10/1980President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form Government.
12/8/1932Indian Air Force Act was passed.
8/1/1997Nitin Mongia wins Laser standard in sailing championship in Hyderabad.
5/1/1996Ban imposed (through a Delhi high court judgment) on the film 'Bandit Queen', based on the life of Phoolan Devi, lifted by Supreme Court.
4/27/1857Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of India's first Cinema Hall - 'Elphinstone Palace' at Calcutta, Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, was born.
2/2/1989France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta.