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Historical Event on 8/13/1956

National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1987The Railway Minister announces introduction of 8 superfast trains from April 1.
5/21/1996M.S. Sushama Dande (Shiv Sena) elected first woman mayor of New Mumbai along with Savitri Patil (Shiv Sena) as Deputy Mayor.
5/8/1901British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population.
8/17/1970The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi.
7/22/1991New industrial policy for liberalisation of economies announced in Parliament.
10/16/1999Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99'
9/29/1755Robert Lord Clive founded the British empire in India
6/17/2000Danial Latifi (83), well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, died of cancer in New Delhi.
10/23/1992The dissident ministers of Bangarappa government in Karnataka resign
2/16/1993Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy.