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Historical Event on 5/13/1962

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963).

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1938Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand.
3/31/1972Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away.
2/11/1861Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal.
12/21/1788Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him.
3/21/1997Geet Sethi regains Gold Flake Open billiards in Chennai.
8/18/1872Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar Gadgil, who provided new heights to North Indian classical music, was born at Kundanwadi at Kolhapur distrist in Maharashtra.
8/10/1948Atomic Energy Commission established.
4/8/1993CBI extensively raided VHP offices; BJP MP Brijbhushan Saren Singh among five arrested.
10/22/1873Swami Rama Tirtha, great social reformer and poet, was born at Murariwala village of Gujranwala district. He lectured throughout Japan and America spreading "practical Vedant
1/28/1846British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal.