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Historical Event on 3/13/1878
The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/10/1904 | Raghunath Gopal Kokaje, great Hindi writer, was born at Bhoka, district Ratnagiri. |
| 2/16/1986 | The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails. |
| 1/5/1952 | John Hope Victor Alexander, Viceroy of India (1936-43), died at the age of 64. |
| 6/12/1990 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1D) launched. This is an operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was launched by US Delta launch vehicle, Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA. |
| 3/29/1992 | The expert committee recomends an autonomous council for the Jharkhand region of Bihar. |
| 10/23/1824 | Rani Chainema fight with the Britishers at a 'killa' (fort) in Kitur. |
| 10/26/1999 | India is re-elected to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). |
| 2/19/1993 | SC Jamir elected leader of the Congress (I) Legislature Party in Nagaland. |
| 12/31/1802 | Peshwa Baji Rao-II, after being defeated by Yashwant Rao Holkar, signed the treaty of Subsidiary Allowance and accepted security of British Government. |
| 7/27/1998 | B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister. |
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