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Historical Event on 3/13/1997
H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/10/1998 | India says it wont sign the CTBT unconditionally and invites Pakistan to join in disarmament efforts. |
| 9/13/1992 | Union government decides to form a National Human Rights Commission. |
| 8/18/1923 | Jamshed Khudadaad Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India during the 1947-48 Australia tour, was born in Karachi. |
| 7/1/1962 | Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, died at Allahabad. |
| 12/14/1969 | Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta. |
| 12/23/1992 | Varma Commission indicts IB, the Centre and Tamil Nadu police for failure to protect Rajiv Gandhi. |
| 5/8/1954 | Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French. |
| 5/20/1991 | A. S. L. V. was launched. |
| 12/31/1956 | Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80. |
| 12/30/1879 | Shri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), modern Hindu Advaita renaissance saint of Maharshi Research Institute, philosopher and yogi, was born in Tiruchuzhi near Madurai in Tamil Nadu. |
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