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Historical Event on 11/13/1970
Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/20/1954 | Surendra Vithal Nayak "Suru Nayak", cricketer (two Tests for India v England 1982), was born in Bom |
5/3/1969 | Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India. |
11/22/1773 | Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48. |
5/9/1981 | Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden. |
8/19/1977 | Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake. |
4/13/1971 | Carlton Chapman, Indian Soccer (Football) player, was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. |
4/15/1992 | D. T. Lakdawala, former member of Planning Commission, passed away. |
1/8/1890 | Ramchandra Varma, renowned editor, was born. He also has the credit in making the Hindi Dictionary. |
3/8/1930 | Mahatma Gandhi started civil disobedience movement continues in India. |
5/28/1930 | Bhagwaticharan Vohra, great revolutionary freedom fighter, died near the banks of Ravi river during a bomb testing. |
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