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Historical Event on 5/13/1995

Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding awarded for 1992.

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2/19/1995National Research Centre for Oil Palm(NRCOP), the only institute exclusively devoted to Oil Palm research in India, was established.
3/25/1999Arathi Ponnappa,Former National tennis champion, called it quits from competitive tennis in Bangalore.
3/3/1859A length of 119 miles of line was laid in the North from Allahabad to Kanpur.
8/2/1935The British pass Govt. of India Act, separating Burma, Aden from India.
10/30/1999The Central Ministerial team led by Mr. Advani is prevented from making an on-the-spot assessment of the havoc wrecked by the super cyclone.
1/21/1969First India built electronic digital computer commissioned.
8/26/1997Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K.