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Historical Event on 6/13/1999

The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
8/27/1918Nemichandra Jain, stage critic, was born.
7/25/1982Gyani Zail Singh became 7th President of India. He held the office till July 25, 1987.
9/4/1862Kaminikumar Chanda, social reformer and politician, was born.
10/25/1999Fixed term for Lok Sabha, Assemblies is under study, said President K R Narayanan in his address to a joint session of Parliament.
5/5/1955Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.
9/20/1856Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste.
5/2/1998The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas.
5/11/1999Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19.
4/2/1948Defence Minister announces the establishment of the National War Academy in Kharakvasla, Poona.