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Historical Event on 4/13/1963

Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/6/1937Yashwant BipinBihari Sinha was born in Patna (Bihar).
9/6/1905Satyacharan Chaterjee, great Indian Geologist, was born.
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
5/6/1967Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President.
9/10/2000Marat Safin wins the men's singles in the US open championship.
3/22/1739Nadir Shah entered Delhi. He gave the signal to one of his soldiers from Sunheri mosque.
4/27/1920Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian leader and Magssese Awardee, was born.
10/23/1883Mirza Mohammad Ismile, Diwan of Mysore and Prime Minister of Hydrabad and Jaipur, was born.
7/11/1832British Parliament finally rejected to remove the appeal of Hindus puritans against Sutee abolition, as demanded by tradional orthodox Indians.
11/19/1994Lt. Gen. Shankar Roy Choudhury appointed Army Chief following the death of Gen. B.C. Joshi.