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Historical Event on 7/13/1916

Ramkrishna Bakre (Tatya), veteran journalist and music critic, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/19/1936Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, expert in north Indian classical music, died. He was also a lawyer, professor and social reformer.
11/3/1605Salim renamed himself as Jahangir and became the king of Agra.
1/2/1973General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall.
10/22/1929Air Mail Series Stamps were issued. These stamps were of denominations of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12 annas.
11/8/1893Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore.
2/19/1915Gopal Krishna Gokhale, social reformer, political leader and freedom fighter, passed away.
1/18/1913Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.
3/15/1904Annada Shankar Rai, modern Oria and Bengali poet, was born.
3/17/1999GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.