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Historical Event on 8/13/1995

Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1886Baluchisthan became a part of India.
8/6/2000Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel.
4/21/1992RBI eases credit policy, lending rates reduced from 6 to 4; 13\% interest ceiling on deposits.
2/8/1897Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist, was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
4/1/1839Medical College Hospital in Calcutta having only 20 beds was opened for male patients .
11/15/1988Dalai Lama agreed for less then independent country to save the cultural heritage of Tibet.
6/6/199614 Janata Dal legislators revolt in Karnataka against the composition of the J H Patel ministry.
8/29/1994Tusharkanti Ghosh, world famous Indian journalist, passed away.
1/25/1980Awards regarding Public Honour were re-started by Goverment of India; Mother Teresa was honoured by Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, etc.
6/23/1927All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta.