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Historical Event on 8/13/1988

Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1964Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras.
11/1/1948An Indian brigade group supported by the 7th Cavalry (Stuart tanks) broke through the Great Himalayan Range at Zojila to drive out the invaders from Ladakh district. At approximately 3,500 metres, this was the highest point in the history of warfare that tanks had operated.
9/29/19881988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces.
5/21/1935Quetta earthquake takes a heavy toll of life.
10/16/1994IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit.
4/3/1926Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta.
1/3/1947Gandhiji toured the riot-affected areas in Bihar from January 3 to January 29.
10/1/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra appointed Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
6/12/1999Jalagam Vengal Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died in Hyderabad.
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