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Historical Event on 4/13/1940

Najma Heptulla, Vice President of Rajya Sabha, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/16/1965Indian troops cross Kashmir line, seizes two Pakistani outposts.
1/26/1981Vayudoot air service started with a flight of a F27, from Guwahati airport. This is the third Indian airline inaugurated.
8/14/1968Pravin Kalyan Amre, cricketer (Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992), was born in Bombay.
10/1/1958Metric System of weights was introduced in India.
10/1/1958Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
9/4/1888Mahatma Gandhi left for London, England to study Law.
7/17/1987V. P. Singh announces resignation from Congress; R. Venkataraman elected President of India.
8/14/1968Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
2/25/1920Balraj Madhok was born.