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Historical Event on 7/13/1998

India and Germany sign an agreement on promoting and protecting investment in Bonn.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1974Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away.
9/24/1938Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India.
5/23/1942Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and his men arrive at Dimapur, having retreated 150 miles (240 km) through the Burmese jungle. `We took a hell of a beating,' he said.
11/11/1793English pioneer missionary William Carey, 32, reached Calcutta five months after setting sail for India. Later, Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society, the first of the British Protestant missions agencies.
5/7/1908Sudhabala alias Ermaline was born in Bombay. She was a film actress. Her first film was 'Hothal Padmini' (1925). Some of her films are Kicks of Kismet, Tained Virtue, Red Signal, Wise Fool, Hoor-E-Bagdad.
5/22/1927Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mo. Usman, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
5/29/1936Gandhi's eldest son creates a controversy as he converts to the Muslim faith.
4/6/1773James Mill of Scotland, great philosopher and historian (British India), was born.
7/27/1949Agreement reached on the ceasefire line in Kashmir.
3/16/1993Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.