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Historical Event on 3/13/1997

Sister Nirmala Joshi, 63, is chosen to succeed Mother Teresa as the Superior-General of Missionaries of Charity.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/3/1996Bomb blast kills six and seriously wounds 20. Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front claim responsibility in Delhi.
4/5/1993The Left and Democratic Front earns two third majority at the Tripura Assembly elections.
7/7/1855As many as 30,000, people went to Calcutta alongwith weapons to fight the British army.
10/20/198121-month-old Left United Front Ministry led by E. K. Nayanar resigns in Kerala.
1/24/1921T. N. Raina, former Army Chief and High Commissioner of Canada, was born.
11/28/1993JRD Tata, 89, passed away in Geneva.
6/28/1986Accord with Mizo National Front; Lal Denga to be the chief minister of Mizoram.
3/14/1995Keshubai Patel (Gujarat), J.B. Patnaik (Orissa) and Manohar Joshi, the 12th (Maharashtra) CMs, elected.
7/21/1988Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3.
5/23/1924Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut.