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Historical Event on 5/13/1995

Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding awarded for 1992.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/18/1908Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay.
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
9/12/1961Nalin Vilochan Sharma, great Hindi critic, died.
1/19/1960Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away.
6/12/1996India's new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha and will rule as head of the United Front Coalition.
5/13/1953The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin.
2/8/1967Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.
11/1/1927Ghani Khan Chaudha, political leader, was born.
12/29/1984Rajiv Gandhi claims for Indian Prime Minister post after his landslide majority in 8th General Elections.
3/3/1993Sharad Pawar nominated CM of Maharashtra.