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Historical Event on 2/13/1999

The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/11/1991Naxalities in Andhra abduct P. Sudhir Kumar, son of the former Union Minister Shiv Shankar.
12/15/195760 Harijans enter the Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi.
3/25/19911991 census report released; India has 844 million people.
1/1/1976Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started.
8/14/1996Amrit Rai, son of Munshi Premchand, died.
4/8/1998Sedapatti R. Muthiah resigns as the Union Surface Transport Minister at the behest of his party supremo Jayalalitha. He is involved in court cases.
12/15/1675Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him.
7/24/2000S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.
2/23/1998Ramdeo Singh, freedom fighter, is shot dead at Salaunchak village in Bihar.
9/20/1992Vithhal Badgelwar, painter and sculptor, passed away.