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Historical Event on 2/13/1997

Deve Gowda, PM, dedicates the Rs. 3200-crore 480 MW Uri hydel project in north Kashmir to the nation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/1992Three days of heavy rains cause flooding in northern India and Pakistan claiming 2,500 lives.
4/17/1799Srirangapatnam was surrounded by British Army in the fourth and last Mysore war which began in 1798. Tipu Sultan' was killed in the battle on 4th May. The East India Company announced the Seringapatanam Medal (1799).
1/25/1992Swaran Singh and Vajpayee awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
11/1/1967Old Punjab, after first partition in 1947, was again seperated into two new states of Punjab and Haryana on linguistic basis, and Chandigarh became a Union Territory.
1/22/1906Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah, chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
9/11/1906Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'.
7/28/1999Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray is banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1995 on the recommendations of the Election Commission.
3/11/1975Battle between Marathas and Nizam at Kharda.
10/23/1824Rani Chainema fight with the Britishers at a 'killa' (fort) in Kitur.
12/1/2000There would be a cap of 20 per cent equity for broadcasters planning to operate DTH television services, said I&B minister Sushma Swaraj.