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Historical Event on 8/13/1947

Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1968Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer, passed away.
4/25/1993Indian Airlines plane hijacker shot dead by commandoes. All 141 persons rescued.
6/9/1980M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office.
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.
1/7/1883Martyer Sohanlal Pathak was born.
12/12/1989Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor.
7/6/1930Balmurlikrishna, famous singer, was born.
3/9/1994Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore.
1/8/2000The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.
11/16/1995Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras.