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Historical Event on 3/13/1878
The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/5/1944 | Gandhi-Jinnah talks break down on Pakistan issue. |
| 9/29/1708 | British East India Company and New East India company merged. |
| 9/7/1996 | First phase of J & K Assembly elections. |
| 11/19/1970 | Bhupinder Singh Jr, cricketer (Punjab & Indian ODI batsman), was born. |
| 6/18/1956 | New Hindu Succession Act was passed. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 2/7/1908 | Manmanath Gupta was born. |
| 8/15/1947 | Sir Cyril Radcliffe Award on the new boundaries of West Punjab, East Punjab, West Bengal, East Bengal and Assam. |
| 6/1/1970 | Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act was enforced. This act was passed in 1969. |
| 7/1/1938 | Hariprasad Chaursia, famous flute player, was born. |
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