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Historical Event on 6/13/1973
Sir Ram Nath Chopra, great professor of Pharmacology of National Drug Research Institute of India, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/15/1921 | 16 Gurkha troops killed by anti-British rebels. |
| 1/15/1966 | The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal. Its composition in the autumn of 1968 included 23 fighter category squadrons, three tactical bomber squadrons, a maritime patrol squadron (with ex-Air India L. 1049G Super Constellations), 11 transport squadrons, four AOP squadrons, a number of helicopter units and a few SAM squadrons. |
| 1/25/1989 | Congress-I ministry headed by S. C. Jamir assumes office in Nagaland. |
| 4/1/1995 | Open General Licence (OGL) list expanded from 43 to 75 as import of consumer goods liberalised. |
| 10/30/1994 | India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership. |
| 8/10/1948 | Atomic Energy Commission established. |
| 1/1/1998 | The Election Commission announces the poll schedule for the 12th Lok Sabha. The polling will be on February 16, 22, 28 and March 7. Simultaneously, elections are to be held for the Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assemblies. |
| 9/27/1972 | Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore. |
| 2/11/1993 | Kamal Amrohi, famous film producer, director and writer, died at the age of 76 years. He is famous for his Hindi films such as Mahal (1949), Pakeezah (1972) and Razia Sultan (1983). He also established Kamal Pictures (Mahal Films) in 1953 and Kamalistan Studio in Bombay in 1958. |
| 6/16/1925 | Chittaranjan Das, great freedom fighter, revolutionary, orator, poet, journalist and lawyer, died. |
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