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Historical Event on 8/13/1997

The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/1981Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.
4/24/1993IA's Delhi-Srinagar Boeing with 141 persons, hijacked by a Kashmiri militant lands, in Amritsar.
11/14/1957Children's Day.
8/26/1914Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullet ammunition and pistols from Calcutta Port for their revolutionary activities.
4/13/1940Najma Heptulla, Vice President of Rajya Sabha, was born.
9/1/1995Chandrababu Naidu assumes office as the new CM of Andhra Pradesh.
1/20/1995Supreme Court orders closure of 84 industries in and around Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution.
1/1/1988On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking.
12/9/1989Shyama Charan Shukla sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
6/1/1786Madras General Post Office started functioning.