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Historical Event on 5/13/1883
Henk JFM Sneevliet, leader RSAP/editor Spartacus (Dutch-Indies), was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/25/1982 | Gyani Zail Singh became 7th President of India. He held the office till July 25, 1987. |
3/23/1967 | Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away. |
5/26/1998 | S. Chandrasekar, scientist, was selected for the Niels Bohr-UNESCO gold medal. |
3/11/1863 | Maharaja Sayaji Rao III, great nationalist and social reformer, was born at Nasik. |
12/23/1977 | Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born. |
4/26/1999 | India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner. |
2/11/1913 | Surendranath Dwivedi, educationist, politician and writer, was born in Khandasahi (Orissa). |
7/25/1988 | Sikh extremists kill the chief priest of the Golden Temple in Amritsar. |
7/25/1988 | Mughal Emperor Akbar was proclaimed as successor of Humayun at the age of tewelve years at Kalanur, Gurudaspur district, Punjab. Akbar (1542-1605), grandson of Babur, became third Mughal Emperor at the age of 13 years. He de-established Islam as state religion and declared himself impartial ruler of Hindus and Muslims. He also encouraged Art, Culture and Religious Tolerance. |
12/17/1998 | Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category. |
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