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Historical Event on 5/13/1791
Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/23/1964 | India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed. |
| 4/30/1977 | Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed. |
| 2/9/1874 | Govind Tryambak Darekar, Marathi poet, was born. |
| 12/7/1989 | Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister. |
| 1/8/1968 | The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language. |
| 4/14/1990 | L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa. |
| 3/7/1956 | A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India. |
| 10/29/1992 | Komar Singh, the first Indian Ambassador to Israel, presented credentials to President Chain Herzog in Jerusalem. |
| 2/28/1930 | Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus. |
| 4/12/1976 | India set 403 to win against the West Indies. |
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