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Historical Event on 5/13/1956

Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/9/1925Government Treasury from Postal Train was looted near Kakuri Station just about 22 km. away from Lucknow by the members of 'Hindustan Socialist Republican Association'.
10/27/1992Veerappa Moily, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, resigned from Bangarappa Government in Karnataka.
5/7/2000Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case.
8/9/1995India celebrated 53rd anniversary of Quit India movement.
9/3/1987Vishwanathan Anand, 17, becomes India's first and the world's youngest Grandmaster.
7/10/1997Rafiq Sadiq, Congress(I) leader, escapes attempt on life when armed militants ambush motorcade near Achabal in South Anantnag, Kashmir valley.
8/8/1948Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, passed away at Pearl River, New York.
11/20/1947Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi.
3/26/1992Rs. 245 crore relief in customs, excise duties announced.
12/26/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma (81), former President of India, died in New Delhi.