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Historical Event on 3/13/1958
Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet, literateur and writer,died at the age of 80.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/12/1961 | Sureshchandra Banerjee, great politician, died. |
| 4/4/1991 | Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel JD (Gujarat)-to contest the elections with poll understanding with Congress (I). |
| 6/17/1917 | Krishan Kumar Chopra, medical practitioner and social worker, was born at Lahore. |
| 3/4/1961 | First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast. |
| 12/8/1985 | The first summit was held at Dhaka. (7 0r 8). |
| 3/18/1953 | Backward Classes Commission inaugurated. |
| 4/14/1944 | Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food. |
| 12/23/2000 | The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''. |
| 4/11/2000 | Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'. |
| 10/22/1680 | Rana Rajsingh, king of Mewad, died. |
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