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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 |
| 11/2/1841 | Akbar Khan revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan. |
| 4/3/1903 | Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, famous politician, freedom fighter and social worker, was born in South Kanara, Karnataka. |
| 3/24/1995 | Devchand Somaiyya, famous Table Tennis player, passed away. |
| 12/26/1947 | K.M. Munshi is appointed Govt. of India's agent in Hyderabad State. |
| 2/1/1881 | Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi. |
| 11/18/1911 | Free primary school education is introduced. |
| 7/29/1927 | Madhavsingh Solanki, one of the leaders in Gujarat, was born. |
| 5/28/1968 | Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name. |
| 1/14/1641 | United East Indian Company conquers city of Malakka, 7,000 killed. |
| 4/22/1994 | Chabbildas Mehta sworn in as Gujarat CM. |
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