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Historical Event on 8/13/1997

The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/9/1669Aurangzeb issued a general order all the schools and temples of the infidels.
8/10/1904Japanese troups were defeated by the Russian Amry at Port Aurther.
12/28/1885Allian Octavian Hume, a Scotsman, founded National Union and it held its first meeting in Bombay Tejpal Hall. The first session of Indian National Congress started under the Presidentship of Vyomesh Chandra Banerjee.
12/1/1991Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara.
10/21/1943Azad Hind Government was established in Singapore and Netaji Subhashchandra Bose was elected as its national leader.
4/8/1831Ram Mohan Roy landed in England.
1/31/1946Subroto Guha, cricketer (right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69), was born in Calcutta.
7/25/1988Sikh extremists kill the chief priest of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
2/12/1985Fire aboard M.V. Chidambaram, an Indian liner sailing from Singapore to Madras, killed 34 people.
5/12/1999Arunachal Pradesh Governor refuses to quit.