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Historical Event on 3/13/1997
H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/22/1886 | Harikrishna Premi, Hindi writer, passed away. |
| 7/13/1660 | Baji Prabhu Deshpande, one of the warriors in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's kingdom, died. |
| 11/1/1858 | Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India'. Britain Government took over administrative powers from East India Company to rule India. |
| 3/3/1948 | B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away. |
| 1/31/1997 | Merger of SCICI and ICICI confirmed with effect from 1/4/1996. |
| 10/31/1999 | Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award. |
| 1/21/1908 | Gandhiji agrees to settlement on basis of voluntary registration, if Registration Act is repealed. |
| 2/17/1994 | Former US Congressman Stephan Solarz named Ambassador of India. |
| 4/3/1992 | Nagaland brought under President's rule. |
| 1/18/1992 | Ordinance cuts minimum poll campaign time to 14 days from 20 days. |
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