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Historical Event on 11/13/1917

Gajanan Madhav, famous modern Hindi poet, critic and storywriter, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1934Surya Sen (Master Da), revolutionary leader of the Indian Republican Army, who attacked the armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army, was hanged at Chittgong Jail by the Britishers.
2/1/1901Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded.
9/6/1996CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case.
3/27/1942Gandhiji meets Sir Stafford Cripps in New Delhi; later declares Cripps proposals to be a ""post-dated cheque"".
12/27/1987Vijaypal Singh sets a record for TJ in 16.79s at Trivandrum .
1/1/1985United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"".
12/31/1706Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.
6/7/1989Sheetal Pandya set up a world record at the age of 5 years.
7/13/1990Boby Talyarkhan, famous sports critic and author, died.