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Historical Event on 2/13/1879

Sarojini Naidu ""Nightingale of India"", was born at Hyderabad. She was the first Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress and took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931.

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1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
4/26/1762Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur.
12/25/1972Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away.
10/2/1994Five die of pneumonic plague in Delhi. Surat toll rose to 47.
3/3/1978Origin of Saka Era (India).
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari adds a glorious chapter to Indian sports history at the Sydney International Convention Centre by becoming the first woman to gain an Olympic medal.
8/15/1955Satyagrah started for the freedom of Goa.
7/20/1924Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha.
8/25/1997Neelam J. Singh rewrites her own discussion mark in the domestic circuit meet in Chennai.
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.