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Historical Event on 8/13/1638
Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa.
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| 7/20/1898 | Krishna Kanta Handique, great linguist, educationist, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Jorhat. |
| 5/13/1962 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President. |
| 3/12/1996 | Election Commission rejects claim by Indira Congress as the real Congress. The 'hand' symbol will remain with Indian National Congress headed by PVN Rao. |
| 5/4/1799 | Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam. |
| 9/21/1994 | Ramkrishna Bajaj, freedom fighter and veteran industrialist, passed away. |
| 1/25/1983 | Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 7/22/1875 | Nandkishor Bal, great Oria poet, novelist and critic, was born. |
| 11/22/1915 | Mohandas Gandhi returns to India. |
| 8/2/1935 | The British pass Govt. of India Act, separating Burma, Aden from India. |
| 6/22/1996 | Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut. |
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