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Historical Event on 10/13/1911
Sister Nivedita, follower of Vivekanand, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/22/1921 | Subhas Chandra Bose, resigned from Indian Civil Service, and formed South Calcutta Sevak Samiti after returning to India. He was also arrested for carrying our freedom movement. |
| 10/27/1973 | The first Ladies Police Station started functioning at Calicut in Kerala. |
| 9/21/1933 | Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away. |
| 4/6/1968 | Indira Gandhi,PM, inaugurated the construction of Bokaro Steel Plant. |
| 7/31/1991 | Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 4/13/1919 | Jallianwala Baug massacre. The great Indian tragedy occured in Amritsar which claimed 389 lives and wounded 1,516 activitists fighting for Indian independence. Early in 1919, the Rowlatt Act (Black Act) was passed. This authorized the Government to imprison any person without any trial and conviction in a court of law. This furious act was under the guidence of cruel Brigedier General R. E. H. Dyer and his 50 men troop. Michael O' Dwyer was then the Governor of Punjab who naturally defended the action. This day is observed as Jallianwala Baug Day. |
| 3/17/1987 | Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak. |
| 3/5/1995 | Jalal Aga, famous comedian and character artist, passed away. |
| 5/1/1960 | Old Bombay province was divided between Maharashtra and Gujrat States. |
| 12/25/1880 | Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, a nationalist Muslim leader, politician and journalist, was born at Yusufpur in Uttar Pradesh. |
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