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Historical Event on 5/13/1956

Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/10/1986Gen. A.S. Vaidya, who was Chief of Army Staff, at the time of 'Operation Blue Star', was shot dead at Pune.
12/19/1945Gandhiji lays foundation stone of C. F. Andrews' Memorial Hospital at Santiniketan.
6/20/1997Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.
10/4/1992D. M. Sutar, freedom fighter and senior journalist, died.
1/14/1927M. Aram, famous Hindi writer and educationist, was born in Kulasekharapatnam at Madras.
6/16/1950Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
8/16/1922Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska.
10/2/1939Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderan, cricketer (Indian keeper-batsman of 60's), was born in Mangalore.
5/20/1996CPI Leader Indrajit Gupta appointed pro-term speaker in the Lok Sahba.
7/1/1927Chandrashekhar, former Prime Minister of India, was born.