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Historical Event on 8/13/1943
Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/4/1992 | D. M. Sutar, freedom fighter and senior journalist, died. |
| 7/23/1856 | Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, scholar, mathematician, philosopher, militant nationalist Indian leader and who helped lay the foundation for India's independence, was born at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. |
| 8/10/1993 | Narayan Keshav Upasni, famous educationist, passed away. |
| 12/6/1897 | Lekhraj Kishanchand Mirchandani (Aziz), famous Sindhi poet, essay writer and critic, was born. |
| 11/27/1972 | Bhutto reports the release of 616 Indian prisoners captured in the Indian-Pakistani dispute at Pakistan. |
| 1/14/1946 | Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed. |
| 7/1/1992 | Central Railway started special train for ladies in Mumbai. |
| 9/29/1959 | Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat. |
| 3/26/1931 | New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies. |
| 1/11/1973 | Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore. |
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