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Historical Event on 8/13/1997

Supreme Court lays down guidelines and norms for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment at work places.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/14/1997Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots.
7/15/1987Rajiv Gandhi,Congress President, expels V. C. Shukla, Arif Mohammed Khan and Arun Nehru from Congress for anti-party activities.
7/15/1987Sikh Guru Har Govindji, the sixth sikh guru, was born. He fashioned a military role for the Sikhs.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
3/30/1977Swami Agnivesh merged his 'Bhartiya Aryasabha Party' in Janata Party.
6/22/1991M. Karunanidhi, DMK President, resigned from the Assembly.
3/29/1989Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India.
4/22/1930Revolutionary Surjya Sen's many associates were killed and Surjya Sen ""Masterda"" himself went underground, on Jalalabad Hill and started extending his activities to neighbouring districts.
7/23/1918Saraswati Devi (Smt) Illindala, great Hindi writer, journalist and social worker, was born at Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh.
9/1/1976Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi.