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Historical Event on 3/13/1947

Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/17/1999GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.
1/3/1871Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died.
8/1/1957M. K. Vellodi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 04-06-1958.
7/1/1989Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established.
11/11/1793English pioneer missionary William Carey, 32, reached Calcutta five months after setting sail for India. Later, Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society, the first of the British Protestant missions agencies.
5/18/1985Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain.
8/1/1998The DMK condemns the BJP-led coalition Government's decision to set up a Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency and rejects the Action Taken Report on the final report of the Jain Commission with reference to Mr. M. Karunanidhi.
9/5/1957Wealth Tax Bill passed in Rajya Sabha.
3/6/1947Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.
8/26/1909Dr.Moti Chandra, great historian, was born.