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Historical Event on 2/13/1968

Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/14/1659Aurangzeb defeated his brother Dara Shukoh to capture the throne of Delhi.
5/27/1919Kandukuri Veeresalingam, father of modern Telgu language, author and social reformer, passed away.
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
3/19/1935British fire on 20,000 Muslims, killing 23.
3/11/1784Tipu Sultan and Britishers signed the treaty at Mangalore which is known as the Mangalore treaty.
8/2/1922Krishnapal Singh, politician and lawyer, was born at Birahuli in Madhya Pradesh.
12/17/1971Ceasefire between India & Pakistan in Kashmir and end of Indo-Pak war.
4/27/2000Arun Bharat Ram takes over as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
12/1/1921Des Raj Kalia, great librarian, was born at Fazilka, Punjab.
12/1/1921Firuz Shah Tughluq(1351-88), nephew of Muhammad Tughluq, succeded as emperor of Delhi.