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Historical Event on 8/13/1995

Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/30/1987Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
8/15/1990GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday.
12/23/1913Gondhavalekar Maharaj, famous saint, died.
9/25/1997India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters International Snooker title in Karachi.
5/14/1995Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people.
6/25/1908Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
3/8/1999The President formally revokes the proclamation imposing Central rule in Bihar after this was decided by the Union Cabinet earlier in the day.
12/1/1931The Second Round Table conference that began in London ended. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam, etc. Two committees were setup to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in future constitution.
8/8/1946India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles.
5/11/1987President's rule imposed in Punjab.