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Historical Event on 8/13/1997
Supreme Court lays down guidelines and norms for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment at work places.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/28/1996 | L.K. Advani, BJP President, appears personally for the first time in a Gwalior Court. |
| 5/1/1940 | Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published. |
| 8/6/1999 | Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi. |
| 3/26/1992 | Rs. 245 crore relief in customs, excise duties announced. |
| 2/18/1992 | Sikh extremists murder 17 people in Punjab. |
| 2/18/1992 | Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India . |
| 11/3/1929 | Dr. Hemant Vishnu Inamdar, thesis writer and editor, was born. |
| 5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
| 5/16/1999 | Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister. |
| 10/22/1983 | The Union government reduces the upper age limit for the Civil Services Examination from 28 years to 26 years. |
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