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Historical Event on 7/13/1830

Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Alexander Duff, in 1921 Scottish Church College, General Assembly s Institution was established with only five students, where teaching of the Bible took an important part.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/24/1999Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai.
12/6/1987MiG-29, re-christened `Baaz', inducted into the Indian Air Force.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
1/4/1994Rahul Dev Burman, famous music director better known as 'Pancham Da', died at the age of 56.
5/4/1992India and Russia sign a five-year agreement on trade and economic cooperation.
2/2/1915Khushvant Singh, famous journalist, was born.
1/10/1897Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years.
7/24/1985Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab.
11/3/1990Manmohan Krishna, famous film actor, passed away.
7/10/1978'Mahatma Phule Backward Class Development Corporation' (Mahatma Phule Magaswarg Vikas Mahamandal) was established.