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Historical Event on 5/13/1648
Construction of the Red Fort at Dehli was completed.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/4/1972 | First Environment Day. |
| 8/25/1917 | The first significant step towards the Indianization of the Army was initiated when seven selected Indians, serving in the Army, were granted King's Commission in the Infantry and the Cavalry. Before the World War ended, two more Indians, who previously held temporary commissions, were granted King's Commission. |
| 10/28/1946 | Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar. |
| 6/30/1930 | George Fernandes, worker's leader and politician, was born. |
| 9/12/1932 | Vijaya Shriniwas Jahagirdas, famous Marathi story writer and poet, was born. |
| 10/5/1991 | Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years. |
| 10/28/1998 | Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad. |
| 6/26/1991 | Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister. |
| 11/18/1937 | Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v Eng, 0-22), was born in Delhi. |
| 10/30/1976 | Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978. |
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