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Historical Event on 4/13/1982
Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/25/1943 | No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status. |
| 4/25/1915 | The German High Command has admitted that chlorine gas bombs and shells were used in the attack on the French front at Ypres three days ago. The effect of the gas attack was to open a four-mile gap in the Allied line. The Canadian troops on one flank held against German attacks, and British and Indian forces filled the breach. Fortunately for the Allies, the Germans had no reserve forces available to push into the breach. No tactical advantage was won by this first use of the new weapon. The Germans promised, however, that ""more effective substances can be expected."" Meanwhile, they were condemned for the use of this novel weapon. |
| 4/17/1946 | Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, greatest social reformer, freedom fighter, educationist, politician, master, scholar of Sanskrit and President of India, passed away. |
| 8/15/1942 | Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace. |
| 8/5/1939 | In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay. |
| 6/22/1898 | The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India. |
| 2/13/1856 | East India Company captured Lucknow along with Avadh Kingdom. |
| 11/25/1890 | Radheshyam, famous stage, film actor and director, was born. |
| 1/28/1877 | Pulin Bihari Das, revolutionary journalist, passed away. |
| 1/14/1969 | Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu. |
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