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Historical Event on 8/13/1953

Durgabai Deshmukh became the founder Chairperson of Central Social Welfare Board, which involved several voluntary organisations and workers carrying out programs like education, training and rehabilitation of needy women etc.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1992Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started.
10/3/1907Mansukhlal Maganlal Zaveri, famous Gujrati poet and critic, was born.
11/30/1998Ghasiram Yadav (74), member of Parliament representing Alawar in Rajasthan and former MLA and Minister in the State, died in Jaipur.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
7/15/1904Mogubai Kurdikar, veteran singer of 'Jaypur Gharana', was born.
9/3/1979M. M. Bhatnagar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 14-06-1985.
11/9/1913Weekly 'Pratap' was published from Kanpur which was edited by Ganesh Shankar Vidyrarthi.
10/4/1977Atal Bihari Vajpayee, External Affairs Minister of India, addressed the UNO General Assembly in Hindi language.
3/1/1960National Aeronautical Research Laboratory moves to Bangalore with offices at Palace Road and Jayamahal Road. It soon becomes National Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr Nilakantan invites Dr D M Rao to lead the 4 ft tunnel project.
10/1/1847Annie Besant, famous philosopher and thesophist, was born in London.