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Historical Event on 9/13/1991

Churchil Alemao, former Goa CM, who was wanted under COFEPOSA, surrenders to the police in Panaji.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/9/1993AIADMK severs alliance with the Congress in Tamil Nadu.
12/25/1937Pitambar Datt Kaushika, great educationist, was born at Bulandshahar.
4/9/1993Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be the next army chief.
12/19/1999The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga.
11/1/1996Three national parties (Indira Congress, Janata Party and Samata Party) to lose their recognition as national parties as they failed to get the minimum required support in the general election to the 11th Lok Sabha.
10/28/1996L.K. Advani, BJP President, appears personally for the first time in a Gwalior Court.
4/9/1965Fighting breaks out in the Rann of Kutch between Indian and Pakistani troops. Pakistan attacked Indian borders, Sardar Post, Chhar Bet and Beria Bet, this was manned by the State Armed Police Batallions. In Kutch launched its 8th Infantry Division supported by two regiments of M47/48 Pattons. Operation 'Desert Hawk' was launched to draw away reserves from other vulnerable areas, and possibly to test India's resolve. The Indian Army did not rise to the bait.
10/27/1973The first Ladies Police Station started functioning at Calicut in Kerala.
10/3/1984India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged.
6/25/1998Sikh high priests exonerate the Akali Dal leader and chief of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, of charges of violating a ``Hukumnama'' (religious edict) issued by the Akal Takht, which prescribed a complete boycott of the members of the Nirankari missions for their ''blasphemous'' activities.