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Historical Event on 8/13/1954
Nehru says dispute over Portuguese colonies in India must be settled peacefully.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/26/1994 | Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal. |
| 1/2/1979 | Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies). |
| 1/2/1979 | Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619. |
| 3/3/1934 | Amarsingh Pandurang Rane, educationist, was born at Banage, Kolhapur. |
| 8/29/1923 | Sir Richard Attenborough, famous actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), was born. |
| 8/4/1993 | Swami Chinmayananda, master in study of Bhagwadgita, died at the age of 76 in San Diego. |
| 9/14/1949 | Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate. |
| 10/23/1996 | Amjad Ali Khan, sarod maestro, appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children. |
| 7/26/1993 | Swami Chinmayananda is named 1992 Hindu of the Year for a lifetime of dynamic service to Sanatana Dharma worldwide. He attained 'mahasamadhi' on July 26 at age 77. |
| 8/22/1933 | Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years. |
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