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Historical Event on 8/13/1956
National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/17/1979 | Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
| 5/20/1972 | Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta. |
| 4/11/1931 | Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1984-85, was born at Mumbai. |
| 10/29/1958 | Dhondo Keshav Karve, first social and educational reformer of Maharashtra, honoured by Bharat Ratna Award. |
| 2/19/1919 | Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born. |
| 2/17/1976 | Urban Ceilings Act comes into force. |
| 1/9/1996 | PM unveils India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun' at a New Delhi function. |
| 9/23/1980 | Indira Gandhi gains power to imprison without trial. |
| 1/1/1966 | Vimal Roy, film maker and producer, passed away. |
| 2/18/1944 | Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Institute' established. |
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