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Historical Event on 5/13/1962
Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/1/1906 | Pulavar Kulandai, great author and poet, was born at Bhavani. |
4/11/1937 | Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born. |
11/19/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee approves formation of the National Security Council, a new high-power hub, to give policy directions to safeguard the country's security. |
1/31/1995 | ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997). |
9/5/1962 | Dr. Radhakrishnan's birthday declared as Teachers Day. |
6/3/1997 | Four women ministers (Renuka Choudhry, Kamala Sinha, Ratnamala Savanur & Jayanti Natarajan) join I K Gujral cabinet. |
1/18/1994 | Narasimha Rao decides to retain Veerappa Moily as Karnataka CM. |
9/18/1932 | A Hindu delegation is given permission to interview Gandhi, currently held in prison and undertaking a hunger strike. On arrival, they also find he has taken a vow of silence. |
8/21/1978 | Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets. |
9/10/1993 | India and South Korea sign agreement to expand trade and investment. |
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