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Historical Event on 5/13/1997

Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1939Radical Subhas Chandra Rose beats Gandhi's candidature to become Indian President.
2/1/1964Unit Trust of India' established.
9/14/1992Three days of heavy rains cause flooding in northern India and Pakistan claiming 2,500 lives.
11/25/2000Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Governments agree on a ""unified command'' for the STF operations against Veerappa
1/23/1809Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Khinda village in the north of Sambalpur at Orissa.
11/15/1992At least 170 people die in heavy rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
2/7/1994C. T. Kamdar, famous industrialist and close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away.
2/10/1995PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister.
10/28/1999Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha.
9/26/1975Notification to pay equal payment to both men and women workers was promulgated.