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Historical Event on 5/13/1946

Sarwate and Banerjee add 249 runs for the 10th wkt stand for Indians v Surrey.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/19843,000 die in a three-day anti-Sikh riotsin India.
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3/22/1993The Lok Sabha passes the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 1993 and the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 1993.
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
4/1/1882Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.
9/12/1922Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away.
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1/1/1983This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Communications Year"".
2/17/1992S. V. Sheshadri, sports journalist, passed away.
9/9/1898Explosive Department of India was established at Nagpur. This is presently under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.