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Historical Event on 5/13/1916

Vasudev Mahadev Salgaonkar, great Industrialist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1925Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer (Pakistan 1st Test captain, previously played for India), was born in Lahore.
10/11/1991Meghalaya placed under President's rule.
12/27/1926Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK.
3/20/1977General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India.
1/7/1994The whole nation pays homage to Kanchi's beloved 'peripatetic tapasvin sage', Shri Shri Shankaracharya Chandrashekharendra, who died on this date during his 100th year.
6/11/1997Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.
12/20/1959Jasu Patel takes 9-69 during India vs Australia tour at Kanpur.
2/3/1997Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes.
9/29/1914Japanese vessel 'Kamagata Maru' reached Baj Baj near Calcutta from Vancouver carrying Indian revolutionaries.
9/2/1947Gandhiji is mobbed in Calcutta house; gives up idea of Noakhali visit. Peace efforts intensified.