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Historical Event on 10/13/1991

Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1857Baigum Hazrat Mahal again attack on Lucknow.
6/11/1931Purushottam Vishnu Behre, great editor, story and novel writer, was born.
11/22/1997Diana Hayden, 24-year-old Mumbai-born Miss India, beat 85 contestants from around the world to be crowned new 'Miss Universe' at Mahe in Seychelles.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
5/17/1980V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs.
10/24/1856Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was arrested by the British Government at Sambalpur for distributing grains from the warehouse to the people. He was sent to jail at Raipur.
4/29/1957The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India.
6/5/1992Hindi weelky of Indian Express Group 'Screen' published.
7/1/1997Over 23,000 blowdowns completed in 1.2 m tunnel.
4/18/1858Bharatratna Dhondo Keshav Karve, great educationalist and social reformer, was born.