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Historical Event on 4/13/1796

The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1979Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
3/30/1919Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act.
10/10/1993Helicopters along with the last batch of personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. These helicopters were provided by 111 HU.
10/21/2000Seema Antil becomes the first Indian ever to win a global title by bagging a gold medal in disc throw in the World Junior Athletic championship in Santiago.
4/26/1995Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.
5/1/1902Tornodo hit Dhaka part of Bengal, claims 416 lives.
12/1/1991Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara.
1/21/1993Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17.
10/18/1861Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya, historian and researcher, was born.
3/15/1983Karnataka beat Bombay in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.