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Historical Event on 3/13/1878
The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/31/1943 | Ben Kingsley Scarborough, English actor (Gandhi, Betrayal, Maurice), was born. |
| 4/13/1982 | Pandit Parmanand, founder member of `Gather Party', passed away. |
| 4/14/1992 | The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati. |
| 12/7/1993 | Lalthanhwala sworn in CM of Mizoram. |
| 12/16/1999 | The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched. |
| 9/18/1995 | Kaka Hathrasi, famous comedy poet, died. |
| 9/16/1913 | Kasturba Gandhi was arrested. |
| 8/1/1957 | M. K. Vellodi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 04-06-1958. |
| 3/29/1992 | Centenary celebrations of Tansa Dam held at Tansa. No of Seats of the Standing Committee and Education Committee increased from 20 to 27and 20 to 26 respectively and that of the B.E.S. & T. Committee from 12 to 17 (Vide Maharashtra Act XXI of 1992) (CIVIC). |
| 8/1/1922 | Ratilal Sankalchand Nayak, educationist and writer, was born at Kadi, Gujarat . |
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