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Historical Event on 2/13/1999
The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/12/1994 | UN Secretary General Ghali visits New Delhi. |
| 4/10/1760 | Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, passed away at the age of 75. |
| 10/2/1954 | Chandernagar, former under French possession, was made a part of West Bengal. |
| 4/1/2000 | India wins four golds in the under-14 Youth chess championship in Teheran. |
| 4/1/2000 | Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies. |
| 12/20/1957 | Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival. |
| 9/1/1978 | Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1981. |
| 1/26/1950 | India became a Republic within the British Commonwealth and the Indian Air Force dropped its ""Royal"" prefix. At this time, it possessed six fighter squadrons of Spitfires, Vampires and Tempests, operating from Kanpur, Poona, Ambala and Palam, one B-24 bomber squadron, one C-47 Dakota transport squadron, one AOP flight, a communications squadron at Palam and a growing training organisation. |
| 4/20/1993 | Jharkhand Movement suspends its 36-days old economic blockade. |
| 12/30/1803 | East India Comapny captured Dehli, Agra and Bharooch. |
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