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Historical Event on 5/13/1953
The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/17/1601 | Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India. |
| 11/16/2000 | The Government to reduce equity holding in nationalised banks from 51 per cent to 33 per cent. |
| 4/15/1942 | George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta. |
| 5/6/1946 | Bhulabhai Desai, great politician, passed away. |
| 3/21/1994 | Pakistan blocks access to Indian consulate in Karachi. |
| 7/25/1987 | Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President. |
| 11/13/1953 | Richard Nixon, the US Vice President, arrives in New Delhi. |
| 5/1/1886 | May Day was first observed in Chicago, USA. Work, Social activities, Rest, for 8 Hours. |
| 5/5/1903 | Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu). |
| 2/22/1885 | Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, great nationalist leader, was born. |
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