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Historical Event on 4/13/1972

Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1997A division bench of Mumbai High Court holds that a married woman of a joint Hindu family can stake a claim to her father's property.
2/3/1916Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya.
10/10/1962Indies assault up Chinese positions in north India attack
10/23/1985Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN.
4/8/1894Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', died at the age of 55. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'.
5/19/1971Indian Navy's first submarine station started at 'Veer Bahu' in Visakhapatanam.
12/3/1790Lord Cornwallis took away the regulation power from Nawab Murshidabad and Sadar Nizamat was removed from Adalat in Calcutta.
12/15/1997Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University.
12/15/1997Qutubu'd-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started his career as a slave, the dynasty founded by him in India is known as ""Slave Dynasty"". The construction of Qutabminar was started during his regime. Since he was very generous, the people called him ""Lakh Baksh"".
7/26/1993Swami Chinmayananda is named 1992 Hindu of the Year for a lifetime of dynamic service to Sanatana Dharma worldwide. He attained 'mahasamadhi' on July 26 at age 77.