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Historical Event on 8/13/1795
Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70.
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| 11/1/1992 | Indirabai Khadilkar, famous singer, died. |
| 8/22/1994 | Two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. Seven, including a JCO, lost their lives. |
| 4/12/1621 | Guru Teg Bahadur Singh, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 8/29/1905 | Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day. |
| 1/19/1910 | Vinayak Damodar Karnaki (Master Vinayak), famous Marathi actor, director and producer, was born. |
| 6/28/1972 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945. |
| 10/26/1991 | Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily newspaper 'Marathwada', died. |
| 11/5/1998 | India and Pakistan agree to continue their talks on the Tulbul navigator project on the Jhelum in Kashmir, despite differences over various provisions of the Indus Water Treaty of 1960. |
| 3/28/1645 | Har Govind Singh, Sikh Guru, died. |
| 4/6/1897 | Gandhiji submits long memorial to Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Colonies, regarding landing incidents background. Carries on programme of petitioning local and Imperial authorities, as well as of communicating with British and Indian public men regarding discriminatory laws. |
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