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Historical Event on 3/13/1992

Indumati Ramkrishna Shevde, famous writer, critic and painter, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1914Syed Mushtaq Ali Takub Khan, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's, was born in Indore.
2/21/1997J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner.
1/21/1910Ramnath Anandilal Poddar, great industrialist, was born.
4/15/1992Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.
4/15/1962S. S. Khera was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 18-11-1964.
1/18/1998India overtake a Pakistan total of 314 to win one-day final in Dhaka.
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
11/5/1956University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC.
4/24/1996BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high.
10/31/1984Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.'