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Historical Event on 8/13/1997

The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/10/1991South Africa's first cricket One-day international since 1970 vs India.
5/13/1994Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding award for 1992.
9/12/1905Anglo-Japanese treaty provides for Japan to help safeguard India at London.
11/2/1972B. D. Pande was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1977
3/2/1952Sindri Fertilizer Factory, Bihar, formally inaugurated by Nehru. It was the first Government owned company.
11/15/1949Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.
8/27/1952Vigyan Mandir inaugurated at Nazafgarh Road, New Delhi.
7/31/1933Gandhiji was arrested from Sabarmati Ashram and imprisoned without trial.
2/16/1986The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.
4/20/1938Bhartacharya Chintamanrao Vinayak Vaidya, omnicient research scientist and expert of Marathi and English languages, passed away.