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Historical Event on 8/13/1997
Supreme Court lays down guidelines and norms for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment at work places.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/8/1966 | India endorses the Partial Nuclear Ban Treaty. |
| 2/25/1886 | Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave 'Narmad', social reformer and famous Gujrati litterateur, passed away. |
| 11/18/1911 | Free primary school education is introduced. |
| 5/13/1996 | Lok Sabha election results (534 out of 537) announced, giving BJP (161) the position of the largest single party. |
| 8/1/2000 | 27 'yatris' (travelers) die after militants attack a ''langar'' in a Pahalgam health resort en route to the Amarnath cave shrine. |
| 10/10/1990 | Following political uncertainties in the wake of Veerendra Patil's decision to stay on in defiance of Congress Party's decision, President's rule was imposed in Karnataka. |
| 12/25/1921 | Mass boycott greets the Prince of Wales when he arrives in Calcutta. |
| 6/4/1992 | Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested. |
| 8/7/1887 | Kasturi Shriniwas Iyengar, politician and journalist, was born. |
| 6/20/1869 | Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great industrialist, social reformer, patriot and founder of Kirloskar Industry, was born at Belgaum. |
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