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Historical Event on 3/13/1992

Indumati Ramkrishna Shevde, famous writer, critic and painter, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1891Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, was born.
2/7/1856Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Oudh, was asked to abdicate by the British Resident on grounds of chronic misrule.
4/3/1680Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, great Maratha emperor, patriot, soldier, freedom fighter, revolutionary and great son of India, passed away at Raigarh fort. His son Sambhaji succeeded to the throne.
4/18/1991Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country.
11/25/1975Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away.
1/1/1987United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).
11/10/1989Foundation stone laid for the Ram Janambhoomi temple at Ayodhya.
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.
4/1/1920S. Bhattacharya, cricket Test Umpire for 2 tests from 1963-70, was born in Delhi.
4/1/1920Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated.