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Historical Event on 2/13/1998

India signs two agreements with the U.N. Development Fund for a $13.75-million grant for food security and environment support.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1997Kamal Hassan gets best actor award for ''Indian'' while Tabu bags best actress award for ''Maachis''.
3/12/1995Congress party loses India national election.
4/13/1947Diplomatic relations between India and Russia established.
3/31/1997Lakhubhai Pathak, prominent NRI businessman who had accused Narasimha Rao of cheating $ 100,000, died in London.
7/7/1901J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta.
7/24/1997Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.
9/2/1996Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beats Garry Kasparov in Rapid Chess tournament in Geneva.
6/15/1953Internal Air Route Corporation of India was established.
12/10/1945Aust Services lose third Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts.
1/1/1992Petrol and diesel price hiked in 11 states to make it uniform all over the country.