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Historical Event on 5/13/1791

Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/17/1947Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.
1/19/1931The first Round Table Conference held in London ended. This conference was attended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar also.
5/12/1987Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat.
10/3/1996National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory.
11/19/1996Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, passed away at 90.
11/25/1987India all out for 75 vs West Indies at Delhi. Patterson took 5-24.
8/9/1966Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort.
5/17/1865Raobahadur Govind Sakharam Sardesai `Riyasatkar' was born.
3/27/1989Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy.
8/1/1882Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).