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Historical Event on 3/13/1997

H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1889Pandurangi Kodanda Rao, journalist, Hindi writer and social worker, was born in Visakhapatnam, A.P.
4/1/1990Gold Control Act was withdrawn.
8/1/1920Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindu leader, died at Bombay.
11/24/1999India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.
9/18/1927Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce was established.
12/16/2000Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu.
6/25/2000India lifts the Asia Cup sub-junior hockey championship in Kuala Lumpur.
12/10/1996Supreme Court bans employment of child labour in hazardous industries.
9/28/1837Bahadur Shah-II ascended the throne and became the emperor of Delhi at the age of 62 following the death of his father Akbar Shah-II.
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.