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Historical Event on 6/13/1997

At least 60 persons were feared killed and several injured in a fire in Uphaar Grand cinema in South Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/16/1999Likhiram Karve, Madhya Pradesh's Minister for Transport, is hacked to death by naxalites.
4/9/1986First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada.
12/11/1999Dr. M. L. Madhu, poet and translator, wins the Pushkin Gold Medal award.
7/4/1914Savlaram Ravji Patil (P. Savlaram), film lyrisist and story writer, was born.
2/8/1881Faiyaj Khan, famous Indian classical singer, was born.
3/3/1707Shehejade Muajjam declared himself as the successor of Aurangzeb and renamed himself Bahadurshah First.
7/25/1982Gyani Zail Singh became 7th President of India. He held the office till July 25, 1987.
12/27/1992The Central government decides to acquire the disputed area in Ayodhya.
8/7/1991India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota.
10/1/1894Sudhi Ranjan Das, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Calcutta.