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Historical Event on 8/13/1998

India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/12/1984Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, passed away at Madras.
7/25/1961Delhi upgraded as an A-class city on the basis of provisional Census figures of 1961.
10/28/1997Gold import placed under Open General Licence.
7/8/1996U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections.
10/25/1997180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years.
9/4/1984Air Chief Marshal L. M. Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 01/07/1985.
2/18/1993Congress (I) secures absolute majority in Nagaland and emerges as the single largest party in Meghalaya.
8/29/1976Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
1/18/1994A 12-point formula mooted to defuse the ministerial crisis.
8/14/1947Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania was appinted as the Chief Justice of India. He was in this office till 05/11/1951.