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Historical Event on 4/13/1796
The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/25/1987 | The Railway Minister announces introduction of 8 superfast trains from April 1. |
| 5/29/1933 | Kishorilal Goswami, famous Hindi novelist, passed away. |
| 1/8/1973 | Nanasaheb Parulekar, father of 'Sakal' newspaper, died. |
| 8/7/1906 | First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee. |
| 7/6/1995 | Five foreign tourists trekking in Kashmir 10 km uphill from Pahalgam were abducted by militants. |
| 8/13/1795 | Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70. |
| 8/1/2000 | One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river. |
| 10/16/1999 | Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99' |
| 3/27/1997 | Punjab men and Railway women win National volleyball league in Tiruppur. |
| 9/7/1998 | Prof. K. M. Chandy, Congress (I) leader and former Governor of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, died in Kochi at the age of 77. |
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