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Historical Event on 5/13/1857

Sir Ronald Ross, bacteriologist, member of Indian Medical service, Nobel awardee and editor of 'Science Progress', was born at Almora, UP.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1989Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established.
7/1/1989Husain Quli, the new Governor of Bengal, defeated the rebels and put them to fight. Daud was captured and put to death.
1/19/1990Mr. Jagmohan takes over the administration in J&K as the new Governor after CM Farukh Abdulla resigns.
5/7/1994Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.
2/20/1928Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born.
1/1/1932Publication of Marathi Newspaper 'Sakal' started.
3/7/1956A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.
1/1/1989The 4th annual SAARC summit concludes in Islamabad.
6/25/1888Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born.
11/17/1925Jemini Ganesh, film actor, was born.