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Historical Event on 7/13/1990
Boby Talyarkhan, famous sports critic and author, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/18/1931 | Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India. |
| 4/1/1963 | D.P. Kohli held office as the founder director of Central Bureau of Investigation (C.B.I.) from 1st April, 1963 (to 31st May, 1968). Earlier, he was Inspector-General of Police of the Special Police Establishment. |
| 7/25/1991 | Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao, famous economist and former central minister, passed away. |
| 11/21/1947 | First Stamp of Independent India was released |
| 4/10/1937 | Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar, creator of Maharashtra Gyankosh and Sociologist, passed away. |
| 8/27/2000 | Mika Hakkinen wins the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix in SPA-Francorchamps at Belgium. |
| 9/20/1856 | Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste. |
| 10/22/1912 | Gandhiji accompanied Gokhale on tour of South Africa, Laurenco Marques, Mozambique and Zanzibar. He gave up European dress and milk and restricted himself to diet of fresh and dried fruits. |
| 4/12/1987 | V. P. Singh resigns as Defence Minister of India, K. C. Pant appointed in his place. |
| 1/19/2000 | M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai. |
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