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Historical Event on 8/13/1960
Marmik' weekly magzine published.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/12/1928 | The Olympic Games hosted by Amsterdam fully realized Pierre de Coubertin's vision: 'the nations of the world in friendly competition'. After a succession of Olympics dominated by North America and Western Europe, Amsterdam welcomed more than 3,000 competitors. |
| 10/6/1997 | I. K. Gujral, PM, begins visit to South Africa, which was the first ever by an Indian Prime Minister. |
| 1/12/1993 | Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh. |
| 2/25/2000 | The Supreme Court stays the Madras High Court order discharging the former Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo, Ms. Jayalalitha, from the two TANSI deal cases. |
| 3/12/1944 | No. 7 Squadron, which had flown its Vengeances on some missions against dissident tribesmen in North Waziristan, started operations in the Arakan from an airstrip at Uderbund near Kumbigram. |
| 11/22/1967 | Tara Singh, freedom fighter, Akali Dal leader master and politician, died at Amritsar. |
| 10/3/1906 | Govind Vinayak Devansthali, Sanskrit researcher, dictionary creator, professor and journalist, was born in Bombay. |
| 2/2/1814 | Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also. |
| 7/12/1970 | Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives. |
| 4/5/1922 | Pandita Ramabai, social worker and philosophist, passed away. |
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