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Historical Event on 4/13/1999
D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/11/1999 | Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. |
| 1/31/1986 | Shri Vishwanath More, famous music director, passed away. |
| 6/12/1952 | J&K Assembly decided to terminate hereditary monarchy. |
| 12/19/1961 | Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops. |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 4/22/1996 | National Stock Exchange launches a new equity index - the NSE 50. |
| 1/19/1855 | G. Subramaniam Iyer, active worker of Indian National Congress since its establishment, was born. |
| 5/9/1874 | First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai. |
| 3/26/1996 | Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar announces retirement from international cricket. |
| 10/4/1997 | J & K Assembly passed the Ladakh Hill Council Bill. |
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