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Historical Event on 4/13/1997

Anand wins Dos Hermanas chess crown.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/5/1991Sarkaria report accepted.
6/8/199255-60\% polling takes place in the Andhra, Bihar, W. Bengal and Delhi by-elections.
1/20/1931Saroj Kumari', a feature film produced by Mahavir Photoplays and Theatres Ltd., Secunderabad, was prohibited on January 20 on the grounds that it was ''sordid'' and ''revolting''.
9/14/1820Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning.
3/3/1939Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention.
10/31/1999Efforts to restore rail and telecom links on a war footing.
1/22/1965Plutonium Project (Sanyantra) was inaugurated at Trombay, Mumbai.
10/20/1954Surendra Vithal Nayak "Suru Nayak", cricketer (two Tests for India v England 1982), was born in Bom
12/27/1975A coal-mine was exploded at Chasnala mine near Dhanbad. It was India's worst coal mine disaster.
3/29/1943Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was hanged at Berhampur Jail.