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Historical Event on 4/13/1851
Ganga Ram, great social reformer and an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, Punjab, was born at Mangtanwala, now in Pakistan.
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| 4/30/1977 | Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed. |
| 3/9/1863 | Laxman Bapuji Kolhatkar (Bhaurao), famous singer and actor of Marathi theatre, was born. |
| 2/12/1928 | Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike. |
| 1/6/1972 | America declared Naval Drill in the Indian Ocean. |
| 11/28/1704 | Jacob Mossel, Governor General (Dutch East Indies), was born. |
| 8/18/1920 | Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding. |
| 12/6/1946 | Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London. |
| 10/18/1712 | Jeremias Van Riemsdijk, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1775-77), was born. |
| 9/1/1934 | Suniti Kumar Ghosh, cricket test umpire for two tests from 1988-89, was born in Bengal. |
| 9/6/1972 | Allauddin Khan, famous Sarod player, passed away. |
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