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Historical Event on 5/13/1952

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/14/1883Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, died in London.
2/2/1835Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.
10/19/1689Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals.
11/6/1904Hariharnath Shastri, worker's leader, was born.
12/28/1971Nanak Singh, famous novelist and poet, died at Preet Nagar.
1/28/1933India in Waldorf Hotel in London read out a four and a half page note in Cambridge.
4/12/1967U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding.
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
4/20/1965First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest.
6/5/1999The Army releases documents seized from three Pakistani soldiers in the Batalik sector to substantiate its claim that Pakistan regulars are involved in the Kargil conflict.