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Historical Event on 9/13/1998
Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand is appointed Chief Justice of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/19/1910 | Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983. |
| 5/8/1963 | Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder. |
| 2/28/1997 | The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11. |
| 2/1/1994 | PM Rao attends the World Economic Forum meeting at Davos, Switzerland. |
| 2/12/2000 | 17 persons, including 12 police personnel, die as naxalites strike terror during the first phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly. |
| 3/9/1951 | Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born. |
| 1/12/2000 | T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired. |
| 6/18/1858 | Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi died while fighting with the British troops in the battlefield near Gwalior. |
| 4/2/1877 | Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, was born at Porbandar. |
| 9/17/1934 | Gandhiji announced his decision to retire from politics from October one to engage himself in the development of village industries, Harijan service and education through basic crafts. |
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