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Historical Event on 8/13/1951

First test flight of 'Hindustan Trainer-2' (H.T.2) which was indigenously designed and manufactured in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1774Narayan Rao's posthumous son, Madhav Rao, was seen as a challenge to Raghunath Rao only when he was 10 days old.
5/27/1930Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement.
1/28/1894Anandibai Prabhakar Jayawant, famous Hindi writer, was born at Baroda.
6/12/1970Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away.
7/1/1852For the first time in Asia, Postal Stamp for the general public was issued by Sindh Province in Karachi.
3/30/1908Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born.
7/22/1875Nandkishor Bal, great Oria poet, novelist and critic, was born.
12/3/1882Nandalal Bose, great Indian painter and master, was born in Bengal.
5/5/1930Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
3/30/1997Congress Party withdraws support to the 10-month old H. D. Deve Gowda Government at the centre, and stakes its claim to form an alternative government.