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Historical Event on 6/13/1973

Sir Ram Nath Chopra, great professor of Pharmacology of National Drug Research Institute of India, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/1990Pandit Narayan Chaturvedi, senior Hindi litterateur, died.
5/17/1980V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs.
10/31/1955The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat.
7/25/1987Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President.
5/13/1923Moinul Haque Choudhury, social reformer and politician, was born at Sonabarighat (Assam).
9/10/1918Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
7/4/1989Capt. W. A. Sangma appointed Governor of Mizoram and A. A. Rahim Governor of Meghalaya.
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
12/8/1922Hari Prasad Sharma, cricket Test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Delhi.
5/5/1966Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa.