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Historical Event on 2/13/1713

Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1892Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, was born at Madurai.
2/15/1997Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union in New Delhi.
2/24/1988Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.
12/17/1970Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/01/1971.
3/25/1997Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India.
11/18/1994Bipinchandra Joshi, cheif of Army and General, passed away at the age of 54 years.
7/31/1938Khalid Anwer Ansari, social worker, was born.
2/12/1993The baggage rules relaxed further.
12/13/1947Nicholas Raerich, great philosopher, master-artist, prolific writer, scientist, educator, designer, poet, humanitarian, explorer, leader and social worker, died at Naggar, Kulu.
4/22/1983Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visited ICMR Headquarters and held discussions with senior scientists of ICMR. ICMR revived research on indigenous drugs/traditional medicine with a new, disease-oriented approach and a Scientific Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine Research was constituted in 1983 but actual studies (Multicentric Clinical Trials, Centres for Advanced Research, Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit etc.) were started in 1984-85.