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Historical Event on 8/13/1943

Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/7/1996First phase of J & K Assembly elections.
10/1/1941No. 3 Squadron, similarly Audax-equipped, was raised at Peshawar.
4/26/1992Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.
2/28/1968International City Auroville inaugurated the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondechery.
6/10/1984Top army commander killed in Bihar; Sikh troops desert unit.
8/1/1988Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991.
2/9/2000The Madras High Court suspends the one-year jail sentence passed by a Special Court against the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, in the 'Pleasant Stay Hotel Case'.
9/10/1996Central Ethical Committee of ICMR on Human Research, constituted under the Chairmanship of Justice (Retired) M.N. Venkatachaliah, held its first meeting. Several sub committees were constituted to address specific topics viz. Epidemiological Research, Clinical Evaluation of Products to be Used on Humans, Organ Transplantation; Human Genetics, etc.
5/28/1895Bagal Bhai Madhavrao Khanderao, freedom fighter, author and painter, was born.
11/19/1998Shruti Khanna won her Maiden title on Indian soil in the Northern India Ladies Championship at the Delhi Golf Course.