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Historical Event on 3/13/1963

Indian Govenment announced 'Arjun Awards' to boost the morale of various sports personalities.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1953Patel Chest Institute opened by Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. All India Khadi Board constituted with centre at Bombay.
11/9/2000The 17-day old Manohar Parrikar led BJP Government in Goa wins the trust vote.
12/12/1908Gaandhiji released from Volksrust Gaol. Indian National Congress adopts resolution on South Africa, criticizing the harsh, humiliating and cruel treatment to British Indians in South Africa as injurious to English Empire.
12/27/1931150 are arrested following 'red shirt' riots in the N.W. Frontier province.
7/19/1763Mir Kasim was defeated in 'Katwa' battle by Britishers.
12/21/1993JPC indicts RBI and Finance Ministry in the multi-crore security scam.
5/28/1978The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.
4/1/1936Orissa state was formed as a province of British India separating from Bihar.
2/8/1785Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left  India.
4/18/1917Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act.