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Historical Event on 5/13/1946

Sarwate and Banerjee add 249 runs for the 10th wkt stand for Indians v Surrey.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).
11/28/1990President's rule imposed in Assam. Assembly kept in suspended animation. United Liberation Front of Assam and National Socialist Council of Nagaland banned.
12/28/1981New Government led by the Congress (I) leader K. Karunakaran installed in Kerala.
12/12/1989Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor.
1/31/1995ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).
5/31/1996J. H. Patel sworn in Karnataka CM.
3/3/1891Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created.
9/24/1726King George empowered the company to establish Municipal Corporation and Mayor s Courts in Bombay and Calcutta.
6/23/1895Kali Charan Ghosh, great Hindi writer, was born at Calcutta.
8/23/1933Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was considerable speculation over what the nationalist leader would do upon regaining his strength, but the common assumption was that he would be arrested again by the British authorities if he resumed his civil disobedience.