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Historical Event on 6/13/1997

At least 60 persons were feared killed and several injured in a fire in Uphaar Grand cinema in South Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/12/1897Major Gegeral Himmat Singh, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Duputy Defence Minister, was born.
10/28/1977Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
6/19/199013 Sri Lankan Tamils, including EPRLF Secretary General Padmanabha, were shot dead in Madras reportedly by LTTE men.
1/22/1922Shanta Buddhisagar, famous Marathi writer, was born.
6/15/1948Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, passed away.
9/16/1931R. Ramachandra Rao, cricket test umpire for one test in 1986-87, was born at Tamil Nadu.
6/17/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950).
3/21/1995Lok Sabha passes Patent Bill by amending the Patent (Amendment) Act 1970.
9/6/1996A Delhi court says there are grounds for framing charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption against L.K. Advani.