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Historical Event on 12/13/1978

Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/5/1676East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay.
1/2/1960Raman Lamba, Cricketer was Born
5/21/1984Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay.
11/23/1926Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian plant physiologist and physicist, passed away. He investigated the properties of very short radio waves, wireless telegraphy and radiation-induced fatigue in inorganic materials. His physiological work involved comparative measurements of the responses of plants exposed to stress. His invention of highly sensitive instruments for the detection of minute responses by living organisms to external stimuli enabled him to anticipate the parallelism between animal and plant tissues noted by later bio-physicists.รก
1/9/1935Britain signs the Trade Pack with India.
6/26/1888Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born.
7/25/1976Sriram Singh at Montreal sets record for 800m in 1.45.77.
11/7/1958Nehru said the role of Gen. Mohammed Ayub Khan in Pakistan had increased the 'risk and danger of war' between India and Pakistan.
2/4/1990Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India.
5/3/1945Hurricane-equipped squadrons played a major role in the Arakan offensive which began in December 1944, disrupting the enemy's lines of communication and constantly harrying the Japanese forces until victory was achieved with the re-occupation of Rangoon.