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Historical Event on 10/13/1679

More than 20,000 lives were claimed near Massurla Pattanam city, costal area of South India, in a severe storm.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1915Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born.
12/14/1953Vijay Amritraj, great Indian tennis player and actor (Octopussy), was born.
9/25/1990Sabyasachi Mukherji, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, aged 63, died in London.
4/20/1991Ganesh Sadashiv Bhat, famous Marathi film director and President's Award winner of 1963, passed away.
3/27/1845Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and first nobel prize winner, was born at Lennep, Germany.
10/24/1934Mahatma Gandhi quits Indian Indian National Congress in struggle over tactics.
2/7/1992Shalki', the first submarine designed in India, joined Indian Navy.
10/10/1978Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'.
4/1/1976Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established.
12/8/1999The Opposition attacks Prime Minister Vajpayee for ""withholding'' information on ministers' resignation.