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Historical Event on 8/13/1995

Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1934Khandesh Gandhi Mir Sukrulla, great patriot and freedom fighter, died.
8/6/1992A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam.
4/12/1978India's first double decker train was started between Victoria Terminus (CST) and Pune which beared the name as ""Janta Express"", which is now known under the name of Shivaji's fort as ""Singhgarh Express"".
12/25/1995First major multi-organ transplant in the country performed in Apollo Hospital in Madras.
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
9/11/1985Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India.
8/26/1949Social Democratic Party led by K. T. Shah formed.
6/5/1997I. K. Gujral's visit to Nepal was marked by signing of Power Trade Agreement and MoU on civil aviation.
6/5/1997Shahaji Raje Bhosale, father of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was born.
12/27/1999PSCB's Prathima Kumari shattered the National clean and jerk mark twice in the women's 58-kg class on the second day of the senior national weightlifting championship in Kalyan.