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Historical Event on 3/13/1997

H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.

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6/6/1997U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal.
1/7/1885Madhav Narayan Joshi, comedy drama writer, was born.
6/11/1976Indira Gandhi and Brezhnev sign the Moscow Declaration of Friendship and Cooperation.
1/6/1993India and Bhutan sign agreement on the giant Sankosh hydro-electric project.
4/11/1999India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile.
5/16/1932Hundreds die in fighting between Muslims and Hindus at Bombay.
8/12/2000Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram.
8/12/2000Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
1/27/1927Michael Craig, actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror), was born in Pune.
7/26/1874Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born.