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Historical Event on 3/13/1997

H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1994The Supreme Court refused to answer Presidential reference on Ayodhya and acquisition of disputed land was upheld.
10/30/1947The government rejects Kashmir's decision to join India in Pakistan.
4/30/1909R. Shankar, politician, journalist and former Chief Minister of Kerala, was born.
3/31/1997The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points.
4/26/1991Syed Shahabuddin filed nominations for two seats as a candidate of two different parties within 24 hours.
8/1/1953Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas.
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
8/15/1995P.V Narasimha Rao introduces the mid-day meal scheme for the primary school children under the Central Government Welfare Programme.
4/22/1993Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike.
12/28/1892Dr. Shivajirao Ganesh (Daji Patwardhan), famous social worker and Padmashri awardee, was born.