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Historical Event on 2/13/1713

Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/7/1989Sheetal Pandya set up a world record at the age of 5 years.
3/3/1967India signed the International Space Treaty in Moscow.
8/20/1988Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
6/11/1931Purushottam Vishnu Behre, great editor, story and novel writer, was born.
9/28/2000Marion Jones wins the 200m gold medal at Sydney.
1/10/199627th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.
4/1/1998Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000.
7/16/1992Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President.
6/12/1894Busushottam Vishwanath Bapat, internationally famed Pali language expert, translator and editor, was born.
4/1/1996Kerala introduces ban on arrack. 5614 licenced arrack shops closed down.