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Historical Event on 5/13/1996

M. Karunanidhi (DMK) sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/3/1991About 280 kgs of gold ornaments valued at $15 million, which had been deposited in the Portuguese bank in Goa by its natives, flown back to India.
12/10/1913The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.
6/2/1992The government accepts all the 15 recommendations of the Janakiraman Committee which unearthed massive collusion of banks in the security scam.
12/11/1990T. N. Seshan appointed CEC, and Mohan Dharia Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission.
2/3/1921The Evens Report on Indian Cinema 1921' was tabled before the Govt. on February 3.
9/30/1999Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran selected for K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowships in comparative Indian literature.
5/1/1926Jim Corbett killed the notorious man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag at Gulabrai village, who had attacked and killed about 125 people.
5/8/1962Ravindra Bharti University established in West Bengal.
3/3/1921Ahmed Gulsher, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Satna (M.P).
8/26/1947Nawab of Bhopal announced accession of the Bhopal state to the Indian Dominion.