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Historical Event on 5/13/1962

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963).

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/28/1965India-Pakistan hostility erupts into a war lead by Pakistan.
3/17/1955Indian Standard's Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and the ISI mark was issued to quality products.
2/27/1993Samir Ranjan Barman, Tripura CM, resigns.
4/10/1996Delhi High Court bans the import of toxic waste in India.
11/1/1913Ghadar Movement started at San Francisco.
3/3/1847Alexander Graham Bell, great pioneer, inventor and professor, was born at Edinburgh, Scotland.
2/17/1998Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league match in Chennai was abandoned owing to pitch tampering.
6/19/2000Babu Parmanand, former speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, sworn in as the 12th Governor of Haryana.
6/16/1920Hemant Chaudhary, famous singer and music director, was born.
3/15/1996Kashmiri militants and Central govt. hold talks on ending violence and to initiate the democratic process in J&K.