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Historical Event on 4/13/1796
The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/23/1967 | Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away. |
| 2/24/1950 | G.J.M.Gazdar, computational linguist, was born. |
| 2/24/1950 | Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi. |
| 12/26/1978 | Indira Gandhi released after week in jail for refusing to testify on corruption. |
| 7/29/1984 | Troops were sent to Hyderabad to quell communal riots. |
| 1/14/1896 | Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born. |
| 2/13/1601 | John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London. |
| 5/17/1996 | Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away. |
| 1/11/1966 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously. |
| 10/15/1977 | The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership. |
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