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Historical Event on 2/13/1970

Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48 people at a village 80-km from New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1995Narsimha Rao, PM, reaches Argentina for G-15 summit at Buenos Aires.
10/19/1875The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic.
4/6/1998The Sonia Gandhi era begins in the Congress(I) with a special AICC session ratifying the decision of the CWC appointing her president in place of Sitaram Kesri.
8/20/1917Raja Kulkarni, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Mhaswa village in Maharashra.
1/7/1990President returns the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bills of 1986 to Parliament at the instance of the Government.
3/16/1945Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, who was a revolutionary and brother of Swatantriya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, passed away.
7/10/1992SROSS-C placed in orbit. Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2A), first indigenously-built satellite of second-generation INSAT series launched from Kourore. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service.
6/16/1992P. D. Dhhavle, former editor of daily newspaper `Maharashtra', passed away.
1/18/1995Kumble takes 16-99 in a match for Karnataka vs Kerala.
12/25/1999An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.