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Historical Event on 5/13/1967

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President.

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4/4/1910Sri Aurobindo left politics and reached Pondicherry, where he made the seat of Yoga.
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
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10/26/1962After Chinese attack, Emergency and Defence of India Ordinance was declared for the first time in India by the President.
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6/16/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, meets her Indian couterpart A B Vajpayee in New Delhi.
12/30/1929The first inland Indian air mail left New Delhi this morning for Jodhpur, Hyderabad, and Karachi to connect at Karachi with the air service to London.
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10/30/1997Kerala Kaumudi's Kannur edition and Internet edition begin.
8/12/1905Japan, Britain reach an accord determining spheres of influence in Far East; India to remain with the British.