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Historical Event on 5/13/1962

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963).

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/11/1993Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore.
7/1/1947Sharad NandKishore Yadav was born in Babai, Distt. Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh).
11/25/1998Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways.
1/21/1994India and Myanmar decide to open border trade.
1/7/1993C. Subramaniam, Maharashtra Governor, resigns.
12/12/1958Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs West Indies at Kanpur.
10/12/1998Sushma Swaraj is sworn in Delhi Chief Minister in place of Mr. Sahib Singh Verma
9/27/1974Pankaj Dharmani, Indian ODI batsman (1997), was born.
12/29/1953The States Reorganisation Commission.
1/28/1898Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India.