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Historical Event on 2/13/1968

Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1987Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended.
10/9/1987Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara.
6/3/1992M. N. Goiporia, SBI Chairman, asked to go on leave following security scam.
8/1/1997Viswanathan Anand wins the Credit Suisse Masters chess tournament in Beil.
3/3/1967India signed the International Space Treaty in Moscow.
8/20/1988Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.
7/15/1920Earthquake in Delhi.
9/29/1942The British police shot Matangini Hazra, a 72-year old woman of Tamluk town in Midnapur district, when she was leading the flag at Tamluk in August movement procession.
6/18/1940Forward Block Party was established.