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Historical Event on 6/13/1973

Sir Ram Nath Chopra, great professor of Pharmacology of National Drug Research Institute of India, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/9/1920Anglo Oriental College of Aligargh became Aligarh Muslim University. It was the first university to use the regional language.
5/26/1998S. Chandrasekar, scientist, was selected for the Niels Bohr-UNESCO gold medal.
3/29/1995Harindra Dave, chief editor of Janmabhumi Group and Gujrati author, passed away.
10/27/1947Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
12/22/1992Lok Sabha adopts the constitution amendment bills regarding Panchayati Raj and Nagarapalika Bills, and decentralisation of power to the village level.
7/12/200067 persons died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Ghatkopar, a Mumbai suburb.
12/16/1952Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people.
5/12/1923Meera Mukherjee, great artist, was born.
8/18/1979Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died.
7/25/1955Indian Government declared in Lok Sabha that Portuguese's were asked to close their offices in New Delhi.