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Historical Event on 7/13/1916

Ramkrishna Bakre (Tatya), veteran journalist and music critic, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1959The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India.
12/21/1921Praphulchandra Natwarlal Bhagwati, justice of Supreme Court, was born.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
7/1/1996RBI reduces cash reserve ratio to 12\%.
1/23/1975Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language.
2/9/1951The first census of free India of enumeration work was started.
9/3/1997India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme.
5/5/1930Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
7/22/1956Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing.
5/21/1935Quetta earthquake takes a heavy toll of life.