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Historical Event on 5/13/1997

Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1968United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi.
8/14/1947Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania was appinted as the Chief Justice of India. He was in this office till 05/11/1951.
2/1/1917Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal.
5/25/1954Maharshee Rajratna 'Manikrao' (Gajanan Yashwant Manik), physical expert, passed away.
3/17/1997A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI.
4/13/1982Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away.
11/8/1893Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore.
1/8/1984Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74.
1/1/1932Publication of Marathi Newspaper 'Sakal' started.
3/12/1988After 58 years in the commemoration of Dandi March, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi performed the 32 kms Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram.