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Historical Event on 3/13/1989

The first straw fired thermal power plant was laid in Jakhari village of Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/22/1877Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great painter, philosopher, linguist, critic, art researcher in the East, was born at Colombo in Sri Lanka.
2/8/1986For the first time in the country, pre-paid taxi sevice scheme was established at New Delhi airport.
8/11/1922Manmohan Krishna, famous actor, was born.
5/7/1907Rajbali Pandey, famous poet, was born.
2/18/1665The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England.
4/7/1934Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience in India.
1/4/1889Judge M. Patanjali Sastri, Chief Justice of India, was born.
1/30/1996Supreme Court directs CBI and other govt. agencies to speed up the Jain hawala probe.
4/9/1984Captain H.J. Singh of Indian Army crossed the Banihal Darsh with the help of Hand Glider and set a new record.
1/2/1932Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, famous Ragi and reluctant politician, was born in Sangrur's backward Gadarhiani village.