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Historical Event on 5/13/1962

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/3/1971Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies.
12/8/1930British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists.
5/1/1994Political party Shiromani Akali Dal was established.
4/6/1934Nilkanth Yashwant Khadilkar, editor of Marathi daily newspaper, was born.
9/1/1989Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
7/23/1991Premdatt Paliwal, president of All India Forward Block, died.
8/5/1965Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service.
10/14/1956Dr. Bhimrao Ramji, Ambedkar and about two lakh scheduled caste men and women embraced Buddhism in Nagpur.
11/5/1996Narashima Rao, former PM, refused bail in St. Kitts forgery case.
4/13/1772Warren Hastings, who became the president of their Bengal Council, was appointed in the court of Directors of the East India Company.