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Historical Event on 3/13/1997

H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1990Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft.
2/6/1953Congress, PSP, CP and Jansangh recognised as All India parties by the Election Commission.
3/30/1699Guru Govind Singh the 10th Guru of Sikh's established 'Khalsa Panth'.
12/8/1970Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers.
12/4/1959Power Project was signed betwen India and Nepal, an agreement on the Gandak Irrigation.
6/25/1994Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away.
2/9/1931A set of six stamps were issued during the inauguration of New Delhi.
7/27/1927Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born.
5/23/1990Banarasi Das Gupta elected CM of Haryana following Om Prakash Chautala's resignation.
9/23/1863Rao Tularam Singh Yadav, freedom fighter, was one of the key leaders of the Indian rebellion of 1857, in Haryana, where he is considered a state hero.