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Historical Event on 8/13/1638

Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa.

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8/5/1905Subhadrakumari Chauvhan, famous Hindi poet, was born.
12/31/1966Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.
9/8/1933Asha Bhosle (born Asha Mangeshkar), famous playback singer, was born in Sangli, Maharashtra.
3/30/1929Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London.
1/28/1865Lala Lajpat Rai 'Punjab Kesari', great valiant freedom fighter, social reformer, humanitarian and lawyer, was born in Dhudike village of Ferozepur district, Punjab.
9/21/1999Mr. A. C. Muthiah was elected president and Kapil Dev the senior coach at the Board of Control of Cricket in India AGM in Jaipur.
6/9/1948Laloo Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar, was born.
3/4/1996Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products.
6/20/1858Gwalior fort was captured by British troops and the first Indian Sepoy Mutiny officially came to an end.
10/27/1999The Archbishop of Delhi rules out Pope John Paul II's dialogue with the VHP during his visit to India in November.