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Historical Event on 5/13/1971

General Insurance nationalized.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/199778 persons die and around 250 are injured as four bogies of Ahmedabad-Howrah Express de-rail while crossing a bridge on Hasdeo river near Champa Railway Station in Bilaspur district, Madhya Pradesh.
7/18/1634Joannes Camphuys, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91), was born.
2/16/1933Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.
2/27/1931Chandrashekhar Azad of Hindustan Republican Army shot himself to avoid British police arrest at Alfred Park, Allahabad.
1/2/1754Robert Clive again attacked and annexed Calcutta from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah.
11/23/1937Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, eminent scientist, passed away due to heart attack. In 1901, he proved that ""plants and animal have similar touch sense"". He founded Bose Research Institute in Calcutta and authored world famous books ""Response in Living and Non-Living""(1902) and ""Nervous Merchanism of Pl
12/17/1934Khandesh Gandhi Mir Sukrulla, great patriot and freedom fighter, died.
1/24/1952The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.
11/23/1991India decides to upgrade its ties with the Soviet Republics.
6/9/1980M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office.