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Historical Event on 10/13/1240
Radiya Sultan, first lady ruler of Delhi throne, passed away in a battle.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/23/1996 | Amjad Ali Khan, sarod maestro, appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children. |
| 12/28/1996 | India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in the first innings of the game. |
| 4/12/1997 | Maharashtra assembly adopts bill banning interviews for admitting students to pre-primary schools. |
| 12/6/1992 | 300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition. |
| 10/16/1990 | Dr. Nelson Mandela, conferred with 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour. |
| 7/29/1998 | The Pratapsingh Rane Ministry in Goa is dismissed. The Governor instals Dr. Wilfred Desouza as Chief Minister. |
| 5/17/1865 | Raobahadur Govind Sakharam Sardesai `Riyasatkar' was born. |
| 1/8/2000 | The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain. |
| 1/17/1889 | Shri Baldev Ramji Mirdha, great social worker, leader and politician, was born in village Kuchera, district Nagaur of Rajasthan. |
| 1/31/1948 | Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder. |
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