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Historical Event on 10/13/1991
Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/6/1987 | Establishment of 'Maharashtra Journalist Fund' Trust. |
| 1/18/1980 | Assam agitation turns violent; Army called in. |
| 1/18/1980 | Meerabai, saint poet, passed away. |
| 9/14/1820 | Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning. |
| 7/21/1911 | Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat. |
| 10/11/1737 | A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives. |
| 3/3/1924 | Mustafa Kamal Attaturk abolished the caliphate and established a nationalist government and thus Khilafat Movement ended without achieving its aim. |
| 11/1/1858 | Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India'. Britain Government took over administrative powers from East India Company to rule India. |
| 12/23/1959 | Edward Fredrick Lindlewood Halifax ""Irwin Lord"", English viscount and Governor General of India (1925-1931), died at the age of 78. |
| 3/22/1932 | Indian Muslims break with Great Britain. |
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