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Historical Event on 4/13/1999

D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/19/1996Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, passed away at 90.
3/18/1924Madhusudhan Ramachandra Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49), was born in Panvel, Maharashtra.
5/24/1933Hemchandra Tukaram Dani, cricketer (Test Ind vs Pak, 1-19, ct 1, DNB), was born in Dudhani, Maharashtra.
8/19/1992K.R.Narayanan elected the ninth Vice President of India.
2/28/1936Kamla Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, passed away near Lausanne in Switzerland.
1/24/1996H.K.L. Bhagat, senior Congress politician and former minister, arrested in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case.
1/24/1996Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born.
12/5/1931Gandhiji leaves England for India.
5/14/1996H.D. Deve Gowda elected leader of the third front as its prime ministerial candidate.
4/1/1998Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000.