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Historical Event on 5/13/1946

Sarwate and Banerjee add 249 runs for the 10th wkt stand for Indians v Surrey.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/27/1920Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian leader and Magssese Awardee, was born.
9/24/1815John Sevier, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), died at the age of 70.
10/30/1909Homi Jahangir Bhabha, famous nuclear scientist, was born in Bombay.
6/10/1984Top army commander killed in Bihar; Sikh troops desert unit.
11/15/1949Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.
9/15/1926Vande Mataram', a lengthy feature film produced by Vande Mataram Film Co, Bombay, was prohibited on September 15 by the Censor Board on the grounds that it was an underlying attack on the prestige of University Education in India. The film, however, was cleared on December 7 after deleting the objectionable scenes.
2/27/1854Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company.
12/24/1987Dr. M.G.Ramachandran, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, died. He was 70 yrs. He was posthumously awarded the 'Bharat Ratna' by the President of India. (17-1-90).
6/13/1889Salarjung, famous administrator, was born.
8/22/1919Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born.