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Historical Event on 8/13/1997

The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/26/1919Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held.
9/4/1980Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.
9/21/1997I. K. Gujral and Nawaz Sharif discussed in New York the recent flare-up on Line of Control and firing across the border.The two agreed that such sources of tension should not be allowed.
11/6/1930First Round Table Conference held at London.
8/3/1967Rasiklal Das, great revolutionary, died.
12/25/1763Suraj Mal Jat, Maharaja of Bharatpur, was killed by Najib-ud -Daulah s troops.
2/5/1924Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona.
4/15/1901Balakrishna Janardan Mohoni, cricket Test Umpire for 11 Tests from 1948-57, was born in Maharashtra.
10/31/1966Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes.