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Historical Event on 2/13/1936

Dinsha Wachha, great Industrialist and social worker, passed away at Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1964Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.
5/13/1996M. Karunanidhi (DMK) sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM.
8/17/1761William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.
12/23/1900Kalicharan Patnaik, famous Orria dramatist, poet and journalist, was born.
3/2/1994President's rule in J & K extended.
7/16/1956K. L. Pawar, who guided students for the written examinations, was born.
6/12/2000The Government appointed S. K. Mahajan of Delhi High Court as the chairman of the one-man tribunal to adjudicate whether or not there was sufficient cause for declaring LTTE as unlawful.
4/24/1888Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, was born at Hajo.
2/17/1698Aurangzeb fell to Jinjee fort, seat of Maratha power, after eight-year siege.