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Historical Event on 11/13/1998

Pravabati Devi (88), freedom fighter and `Mother Teresa of Orissa', dies at the orphanage set up by her at Chharchanpali.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/3/1987Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died.
4/12/1871Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, editor in modern era and dictionary creator, was born.
4/10/1996The marketing of Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Moor's Last Sigh' in India was cleared by the Central govt.
3/14/1995Keshubai Patel (Gujarat), J.B. Patnaik (Orissa) and Manohar Joshi, the 12th (Maharashtra) CMs, elected.
2/2/1989France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta.
12/11/1922Dilip Kumar, famous film actor, was born.
9/16/1954The Lok Sabha adopted a clause in the Special Marriage Bill providing for divorce by consent.
6/26/1888Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Pilani.
10/18/1983Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer 55 Tests for India, 3208 runs @ 39.12, died.
1/18/1998Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India.