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Historical Event on 8/13/1995
Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
| 7/3/1941 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan, cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal), was born. |
| 1/10/1995 | 26th International Film Festival of India opens at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay. |
| 7/13/1929 | Jatindranath Das started fast strike. |
| 4/3/1950 | Jayprakash Shankarrao Mundada, cabinet Minister of BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, was born. |
| 10/9/1976 | International Dialing Telephone Service started between Mumbai and London. |
| 9/6/1995 | Meenatai Thackrey, social worker and Matoshree of Shivsainik's, passed away. |
| 2/6/1950 | N. R. Pillai was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 13-05-1953. |
| 2/6/1950 | Muiz ud din Qaiqabad, was the tenth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty (Slave dynasty), was killed in his bed. He was proved to be an inefficient ruler. |
| 12/28/1883 | Under the leadership of Surendra Nath Banerji, the political group of Bengal organised National Conference as ""Bharat Sabha"". |
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