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Historical Event on 2/13/1936

Dinsha Wachha, great Industrialist and social worker, passed away at Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1852For the first time in Asia, Postal Stamp for the general public was issued by Sindh Province in Karachi.
12/7/1902Janardhan Gyanoba Navle, cricketer, India's first Test wicket-keeper, was born at Fulgaon, Maharashtra. He played against England at Lord's in 1932.
3/4/1990Sunderlal Patwa (BJP) and D. Ramachandran (DMK) named CM's of Madhya Pradesh and Pondicherry respectively.
3/21/1957India's national calender came into force.
6/29/1966Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous mathematics expert, died.
6/4/1997Fourth Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1D), carring advanced remote sensing cameras launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-1D), in service.
12/10/1886Rameshwari Nehru, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Lahore.
12/10/1886While returning to his country, Timur Lung looted and destroyed Delhi and parts of North India including Hardwar, the Ganga pilgrimage town, and crossed Sindhu River.
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.
5/3/1913Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay.