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Historical Event on 6/13/1973

Sir Ram Nath Chopra, great professor of Pharmacology of National Drug Research Institute of India, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1874The first women magazine ""Bola Bodhini"" was published.
11/19/1924Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab.
6/29/1976Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born.
2/26/1975Bhanubhai Shah established the first kite museum of India called 'Shankar Kendara' in Ahmedabad.
3/24/1987First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching.
4/15/1946The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
12/4/1661Murad Baksh was executed on the charge of murdering Diwan Ali Nagi.
12/25/1861Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, freedom fighter and founder of Banaras Hindu University, was born at Allahabad.
4/18/1859Tatya Tope (his original name was Ramchandra Raghunath Tope) a leader of Sepoy Mutiny, was captured in April, courtmarshalled and hanged at Sivpuri for 1857 Indian Mutiny.
8/9/1952New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures.