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Historical Event on 5/13/1998
World Bank cancels India donors meet.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/17/1945 | Gandhiji, in a statement regarding the ensuing San Francisco Conference, says that 'peace is impossible without equality and freedom of India'. Also demands a just peace for Germany and Japan. |
| 12/10/1870 | Jadhunath Sarkar, history researcher, was born. |
| 4/2/1948 | Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay. |
| 5/7/1950 | 81 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected. |
| 3/1/1962 | Gaya University renamed as Magadh University. |
| 6/23/1971 | Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, passed away. |
| 2/3/1900 | Tiruvenkata Rajendra Seshadri, one of the founders of Organic Chemistry in India, was born at Kulittalai in Tamil Nadu. |
| 12/10/1936 | Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI. |
| 12/10/1936 | Mughal conqueror Babur Shah (1483-1530) defeats Ibrahim Lodi II, the Lodi Sultan of Delhi, and captures Delhi and the Koh-i-noor diamond, in the First Battle of Panipat. He founded the Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1761), consolidated by his grandson Akbar. |
| 2/27/1992 | Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years. |
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