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Historical Event on 5/13/1962
Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/5/1959 | K. S. Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), passed away. |
| 4/14/1995 | India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah. |
| 11/25/1879 | Sri Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, professor, saint poet, great orator and prolific writer, was born in Hyderabad, Sindh (now in Pakistan). He was the founder of Mira Movement. |
| 12/21/1956 | The Hindu Adoption Sub-Act 1956 was accepted. |
| 3/30/1993 | Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy. |
| 1/4/1906 | Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta. |
| 2/6/1953 | Congress, PSP, CP and Jansangh recognised as All India parties by the Election Commission. |
| 1/23/1919 | Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi drama writer, comedy writer and poet, passed away. |
| 2/8/1994 | Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432. |
| 12/14/1955 | Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, died in Bombay. |
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