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Historical Event on 5/13/1857
Sir Ronald Ross, bacteriologist, member of Indian Medical service, Nobel awardee and editor of 'Science Progress', was born at Almora, UP.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/2/1997 | Bihar wins team titles in both men's and women's sections in national archery. Limba Ram and Purnima Mahato, both of Bihar, win individual crowns in men's and women's sections respectively. Turkey's `Pocket Hercules', weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu, who captured three Olympic gold medals, calls it a day in Ankara. |
| 6/26/1888 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born. |
| 2/5/1936 | Baba Maharaj Satarkar (Nilkanth Gyaneshwar Gore - Satarkar) was born. |
| 12/27/1998 | Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus. |
| 1/27/1967 | Delimitation Agreement for Warfare in space was signed by 60 nations in United Nation. |
| 7/4/1900 | Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, was born. |
| 2/14/1924 | Ikramullah (Ikram Sagri) Khan, famous Hindi poet, was born at Rehli in Madhya Pradesh. |
| 9/25/1928 | Madhavrao Gadkari, great litterateur and editor, was born. |
| 8/15/1947 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India. |
| 6/6/1981 | The worst-ever railway accident took place in Bihar when a train plunged in Samastipur river. |
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