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Historical Event on 5/13/1994

Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding award for 1992.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/11/1737A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.
5/1/1908Praful Chaki committed suicide after he threw a bomb on Judge Kingsford of Mujaffarpur, killing two inocent women.
6/17/1917Krishan Kumar Chopra, medical practitioner and social worker, was born at Lahore.
12/20/1988The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval.
6/17/1976Montreal Olympics opens.
3/10/1940Banwarilal Bhagwandas Purohit, famous leader of Vidarbha, was born.
7/12/1970Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.
11/1/1978Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV) was converted from College of Agriculture to University.
2/11/1906Daily Tribune' started its printing from Lahore.
9/23/1862Sriniwas Shastri, great patriot and veteran politician, was born.