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Historical Event on 2/13/1977

Jasawant Singh, famous physiologist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/28/1918Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
5/30/1987Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
4/20/2000A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.
2/15/1936Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, passed away. He was known for his patriotism and zeal for constructive work and was a forceful and emotional orator and debater and an eminent writer in Assamese litrature. He was also a musician and composed good number of patriotic poems and songs.
5/25/1933All young Hindus aged between 12 and 25 years were forced to carry identity cards to prevent spread of terrorism.
9/7/1887Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, was born at Dhamrai in Dhaka now in Bangladesh.
4/21/1998The services of 12 non-railway chairmen of Railway Recruitment Boards are terminated.
10/15/1997Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things'
1/20/1684Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese.
1/27/1888Jinvijayji Muni, famous Shwetambar Jain Yati, was born.