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Historical Event on 8/13/1947
Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/16/1992 | For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat. |
| 7/14/1656 | Guru Har Kishan, the eight Sikh, was born. |
| 11/27/1935 | Prakash Bhandari, cricketer (3 Tests for India in mid-50's, 77 runs), was born in Delhi |
| 1/22/1990 | The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90). |
| 9/17/1929 | La Fontaine, Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM and AVSM, VM, was born in Madras. |
| 3/9/1997 | Bangladesh and Chakma refugee leaders sign a historic agreement for repatriation of the 50,000 refugees sheltered in six camps in Tripura for the past 11 years. |
| 6/27/1964 | Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum. |
| 6/4/1987 | A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India. |
| 1/27/1972 | V. S. Sarvate (Tatya Saheb), great revolutionary writer, passed away. |
| 6/26/1982 | First Boeing 707 of Air India `Gaurishankar' was crashed at Sahar Airport (Bombay). |
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