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Historical Event on 4/13/1772
Warren Hastings, who became the president of their Bengal Council, was appointed in the court of Directors of the East India Company.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/29/1999 | Bandh in Mumbai to protest against the verdict barring Bal Thackeray from voting and contesting any election till December 10, 2001. |
| 8/21/1879 | Jahangir Bemanji Petit, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 12/10/1945 | Aust Services lose third Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts. |
| 3/17/1955 | Indian Standard's Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and the ISI mark was issued to quality products. |
| 7/2/1999 | In Jammu and Kashmir, nine people are killed by unidentified militants. |
| 10/2/1942 | Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire. |
| 11/21/1985 | Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), passed away. |
| 11/27/1994 | Shyam Vyas, veteran Hindi story writer, passed away. |
| 9/8/1911 | Anand Gopal Sheorey, great Hindi writer, litterateur and journalist, was born at Sausar in Madhya Pradesh. |
| 4/10/1919 | Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her. |
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