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Historical Event on 7/13/1990

Union Ministers Arun Nehru, Arif Mohammed Khan and Satpal Malik submitted their resignation in protest against O.P.Chautala's taking over as CM of Haryana.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1964200 die in communal violence in the industrial towns of Jamshedpur and Rourkela.
11/3/1929Dr. Hemant Vishnu Inamdar, thesis writer and editor, was born.
1/4/1954Judge Mehr Chand Mahajan became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 22/12/1954.
12/1/1885Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar, famous Gandhian Gujrathi llitterateur and educationist, was born at Satara in Maharashtra.
1/24/1958First international Film Festival started in Mumbai.
5/26/1906Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"".
5/9/1997Hareesh Khandelwal, an accused in the fodder scam, commits suicide by jumping before a train at Dhanbad in Bihar.
1/18/1983Indi Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada.
6/21/1999Leander Paes was seeded number one in double's ranking. This was his highest double ranking.
12/6/1976Nana Patil, great revolutionary, passed away.