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Historical Event on 3/13/1857
Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/1/1896 | Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta. |
| 8/27/1992 | The President issues two ordinances making it mandatory for new medical and dental colleges to obtain prior approval of the Medical and Dental Councils of India before their establishment. |
| 2/3/1983 | Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of Assam's new capital 'Pragjyotishpur'. |
| 11/16/1877 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat |
| 3/13/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947. |
| 1/16/1992 | For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat. |
| 2/20/1928 | Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born. |
| 5/1/1973 | All non-fuel Coal Mines fields were nationalised. |
| 2/10/1691 | Job Charnock established the first English factory in Calcutta. |
| 4/23/1968 | Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer, passed away. |
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