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Historical Event on 5/13/1923
Moinul Haque Choudhury, social reformer and politician, was born at Sonabarighat (Assam).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/7/1687 | Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end. |
| 7/7/1905 | Six Language penel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note changed to Red with Special text mentioned, 'At any office of issue not situated in Burma'. |
| 9/20/1999 | Shobha Subrahmanyam, managing director of the Ananda Bazaar Patrika Group of publications, was elected President of the Indian Newspaper Society for 1999-2000. |
| 11/18/1964 | Dharam Vira was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27-06-1966 |
| 10/20/1999 | Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha. |
| 6/29/1976 | Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born. |
| 5/1/1902 | Tornodo hit Dhaka part of Bengal, claims 416 lives. |
| 2/7/1997 | Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''. |
| 1/22/1986 | Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, all sikhs, were sentenced to death for the assassination of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
| 1/5/1988 | India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind. |
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