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Historical Event on 12/13/1999

The Railways announces concessions for senior citizens, students upto Class X and the poor.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/3/1978Pandit Hridaynath Kunzru, social reformer, politician, passed away. He contributed greatly to public life, fighting against caste system, untouchability etc. He was closely affiliated to the 'Servants of India Society' with Ghokhaleji. He even declined to accept the ""Bharat Ratna"" award conferred on him.
3/29/1869Sir Edwin Lutyens, Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, was born.
3/22/199957 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district.
3/23/1947Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.
8/3/1993Government assures Lok Sabha that it will revive the proposal for a multi-member election commission.
12/10/1936England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI.
6/12/1947Gandhiji addresses Congress Working Committee.
11/3/19843,000 die in a three-day anti-Sikh riotsin India.
8/7/1980Mother Teresa visits the poor in Bronx at New York.
6/25/1943No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status.