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Historical Event on 3/13/1878

The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/5/1998University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nation-wide strike.
4/7/1997NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi.
1/1/1969B. Sivaraman was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-11-1970.
3/27/1878Britishers sent Indian soldiers to Malta considering that the Russian would attack.
3/26/1990Sangma Ministry quits in Meghalaya. B. B. Lyngdoh is new CM.
9/2/1998Nishant, the pilotless training aircraft developed by DRDO, is successfully flown from Chandipore.
9/11/1956The PM announced in the Lok Sabha the conclusion of the Netaji Inquiry Committee that Netaji did die in an air-crash.
2/15/1976The Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (CIAE) was established at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.
1/18/1969Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
7/1/1992Major changes in Exim policy-farming and repacking included under the definition of 'manufacturer'.