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Historical Event on 2/13/1969
Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/1/1921 | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader, social reformer and freedom fighter was arrested by the British police for six months and sent to jail. |
| 1/31/1992 | The Securities and Exchange Board of India given statutory power as an autonomous body. |
| 8/7/1871 | Abanindranath Tagore, great modern artist and painter, was born at Jorasanko in Calcutta. |
| 1/20/1999 | Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award. |
| 8/19/1944 | The last Japanese troops driven out of India. |
| 8/13/1638 | Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa. |
| 2/1/1942 | 17 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees. |
| 2/1/1994 | ONGC becomes a Public Limited Company. |
| 6/16/1946 | Cabinet Mission negotiations were discontinued. Viceroy proposed Interim Government. |
| 2/8/1897 | Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist, was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. |
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