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Historical Event on 11/13/1999

A woman commits 'sati' in Satpura village in Mohaba district of Uttar Pradesh

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/15/1948Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, famous Hindi poet, political agitator, critic and freedom fighter, passed away near Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in an automobile accident.
4/10/1937Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar, creator of Maharashtra Gyankosh and Sociologist, passed away.
8/13/1951First test flight of 'Hindustan Trainer-2' (H.T.2) which was indigenously designed and manufactured in India.
5/13/1994Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding award for 1992.
1/3/1880Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started.
2/2/1915Khushvant Singh, famous journalist, was born.
1/24/19953,400 meter long tunnel at Barcem piercing through the Karmali Ghat in Canacona taluka on the Konkan railway route in Goa completed at an approximate cost of Rs. 50 million.
2/1/1990Governors named for 14 states.
11/5/1997Railway ministry doubles compensation amounts from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh to victims of railway accidents and other untoward incidents.
4/8/2000Air India wins the Rani of Jhansi women's cricket tournament in Chennai.