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Historical Event on 7/13/1930

Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1992Central Railway started special train for ladies in Mumbai.
11/5/1996Madhavrao Scindia rejoins Congress.
3/11/1963Mahomed Nissar, 6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts @ 28.28, passed away.
11/13/1992Dr. Pundalik Dattatrya Gaitonde, Goa freedom fighter, passed away.
9/27/1999Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd.
6/17/1993Congress (I) working committee reaffirms its faith in Rao; BJP asks for PM's resignation .
9/26/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, dispatched a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the water storage position.
10/24/1890Shishirkumar Mitra, Physics expert, was born in Calcutta.
12/10/1932The Indian Military Academy (IMA) was formally inaugurated by Field Marshal Sir Philip W Chetwode, Bt, GOB, KCMG, GCSI, DSO and was christened as ""The Pioneers"". The crowning event was delivered in the hall, now named after him, and in the address to the trainees, he enunciated three principles: 'the safety, honour, and welfare of your country comes first, always and everytime', which were to guide the future officers of the Indian Army . A passage from this address has come to acquire immortality and has been adopted as the credo of the Acad
7/9/1755E Braddock, British General, was mortally wounded during French & Indian War.