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Historical Event on 3/13/1989

The first straw fired thermal power plant was laid in Jakhari village of Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/22/1988Baba Amte wins U.N. Human Rights Award.
9/18/1990Devkumar, famous Hindi film actor, died.
7/15/1948Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union).
9/20/1998A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary.
12/31/1965Sivaramakrishan Laxman, right-hand batsman and leg break bowler, was born in Madras.
8/13/1928Nationalists issue a draft constitution calling for dominion status and a two-chamber parliament.
6/25/1992BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven.
8/26/1949Social Democratic Party led by K. T. Shah formed.
6/23/1927All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta.
12/19/1988Umashankar Joshi, Gyanpeeth awardee and Gujrathi poet, died.