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Historical Event on 6/13/1999

The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/23/1933Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi.
7/13/1999Floods claim 15 more lives in Bihar.
1/29/1870'Hicleche Bengal Gazette' newspaper published in India.
2/15/1993India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
1/31/1985Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties.
1/31/1985Royal Charter forms the East India Company, setting in motion a process that ultimately results in the subjugation of India under British rule.
7/8/1914Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born.
10/21/1995Suresh Mehta, Finance Minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel ministry, sworn in as the second BJP CM of Gujarat in Gandhinagar, ending the month-long political turmoil.
11/27/1994D. V. Purohit (Nanasaheb), veteran freedom figher and revolutionary, passed away.