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Historical Event on 5/13/1952

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/19/1969Nayan Ramlal Mongia, cricketer (Indian Test batsman-wicketkeeper 1994- ), was born in Baroda.
6/28/1857Nana Sahib proclaimed himself as the Peshwa and called for the total extermination of the British power of India at Bithoor.
2/23/1980Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.
10/2/1944Gandhiji was presented a purse of Rs 110 lakhs (£ 8,25,000) for Kasturba Memorial on his 75th birthday.
8/14/1947Pakistan was partitioned from India. Gandhiji hailed the following day as one of rejoicing for deliverance from British bondage.
6/5/1997Brahmapuram diesel power project, KSEB's first thermal power project, situated 25 km from Kochi, Kerala commissioned.
1/20/1879Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born.
5/1/1897Vivekananda Swami established Ramakrishna Mission.
4/1/1963D.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.
7/5/1992Centre scraps octroi in Union Territories.