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Historical Event on 5/13/1905

Fakruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth President of India, was born at Delhi.

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1/19/1839Aden conquered by British East India Company.
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4/2/1954Nehru calls for a halt to the build up of nuclear weapons.
1/16/1938Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, passed away.
11/21/1947First Stamp of Independent India was released
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10/21/1954Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1.
12/20/1990Supreme Court stays Delhi High Court judge Justice Chawla's orders on the Bofors issue.