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Historical Event on 11/13/1998

Tendulkar blazes as India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah beating Zimbabwe in the final.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/1990An Indian Airlines Airbus crashes at Bangalore killing 92 people.
10/11/1927Sarojini Regani, great journalist, was born at Secunderabad.
4/26/1858Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels.
7/25/1995India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95).
1/15/1956Erach Jahangir Sorabji Taraporewala, famous Indian language expert, passed away.
5/12/1949S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US.
9/10/1923Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali child litterateur, passed away.
1/18/1948Gandhi breaks 121-hour fast in New Delhi, after halting of Muslim-Hindu riots in Calcutta. He breaks the fast on security pledges from communal leaders who ""Peace Pledge"" to Gandhiji.
3/31/1997Forex reserves touch a record $ 22.36 billions.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.