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Historical Event on 9/13/1984

Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
11/25/1975Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away.
12/23/1930The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt.
11/2/2000John Wright is appointed India coach by the BCCI.
12/16/1909Lal Singh Narayan Singh, cricketer (scored 15 & 29 in India's 1st Test match), was born near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
5/26/1885Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi playwright, comedy author and poet, was born.
9/16/1997Rajeev Balakrishnan sets 100m national mark in the ITC International Athletics meet.
7/23/1997India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
1/14/1773Amstored Lord William Piet, governor, was born.
12/5/1959K. S. Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), passed away.