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Historical Event on 5/13/1998

World Bank cancels India donors meet.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1992LDF wrests Narakal while the UDF retains the Tanur assembly seat in Kerala.
11/3/2000BCCI suspends five cricketers -Mohammed Azaruddin, Ajay Sharma, Ajay Jadeja, Nayan Mongia and Manoj Prabhakar--for a period of 15 days after the CBI report.
8/25/1965Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators.
1/10/1616Sir Thomas Row, first English Ambassador, submitted his identification to Emperor Jahangir at Ajmer.
2/13/1719Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after.
1/19/1951Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkarbappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, passed away.
1/25/1994Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55.
4/10/1996The marketing of Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Moor's Last Sigh' in India was cleared by the Central govt.
1/30/1903Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta.
8/19/1977Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake.