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Historical Event on 10/13/1679
More than 20,000 lives were claimed near Massurla Pattanam city, costal area of South India, in a severe storm.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/2/1948 | Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay. |
| 1/4/1967 | Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. began delivery of the MIG aircraft. |
| 8/9/1942 | The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'. |
| 5/15/1817 | Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali social reformer and father of Rabindranath Tagore, was born. |
| 11/6/1997 | Supreme Court acquits former Union Minister for Power and Food Kalpanath Rai held under TADA for alleged harbouring of an accused in ""1992 Bombay J.J. Hospital shootout case' |
| 8/9/1992 | Golden jubilee celebrations of the Quit India Movement begin in Bombay. |
| 3/27/1898 | Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of Modern India, passed away at Aligarh. |
| 5/29/1953 | Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981), was born. |
| 9/2/1996 | Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beats Garry Kasparov in Rapid Chess tournament in Geneva. |
| 1/11/1996 | Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi. |
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