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Historical Event on 3/13/1997
Sister Nirmala Joshi, 63, is chosen to succeed Mother Teresa as the Superior-General of Missionaries of Charity.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/24/1867 | Kedarnath Das, geat physiologist, was born. |
| 1/14/1969 | Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu. |
| 10/28/1996 | Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) spills into Western UP from Delhi. |
| 4/26/1762 | Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur. |
| 8/8/1990 | Naval Godrej, famous Industrialist, died. |
| 4/1/1985 | Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture was established during the 7th Plan period. The Institute started functioning independently since April 1987. The Headquarters of the Institute are located in Chennai with field and farm facilities at Muttukadu and three Research Centres at Kakdwip(West Bengal), Puri(Orissa) and Narakkal (Kerala). |
| 4/1/1985 | Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin. |
| 1/5/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi promises to solve the Punjab problem without yielding to 'separatist ideologies. |
| 6/29/1873 | Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, first Bengali modern poet, died. |
| 3/6/1971 | Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain. |
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