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Historical Event on 5/13/1971

General Insurance nationalized.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1919Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi.
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics.
2/1/1827Gordon's Esplanade building was established in Calcutta's Bengal Club.
2/25/1982J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away.
7/19/1763Mir Kasim was defeated in 'Katwa' battle by Britishers.
10/31/1999Efforts to restore rail and telecom links on a war footing.
6/29/1976Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born.
4/4/1997World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world's fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1318 trillion.
9/20/1886Kuladhor Chaliha, one of the pioneer Congress leaders of Assam, was born at Sibsagar.
4/10/1937Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar, creator of Maharashtra Gyankosh and Sociologist, passed away.