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Historical Event on 3/13/1857

Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1998Jaswant Singh is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission after the resignation of Prof. Madhu Dandavate.
2/13/1977Jasawant Singh, famous physiologist, passed away.
6/6/1924S. R. Bommai, former President of Janata Dal, was born.
6/29/2000The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties.
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
8/15/1947Nizam Shah became the Sultan of Dehli.
4/19/1976Maharshi Dayanand University established in Haryana.
8/10/1758Marathas won the Atak.
4/11/1992Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke Award.
8/30/1928Jawaharlal Nehru lays his plans for a free India and becomes president of Congress Party in 1929.