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Historical Event on 12/13/1978
Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/10/2000 | Parliament approves the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Bill to create a hilly state of Uttaranchal. |
| 8/8/2000 | The Government appoints Air Marshal P. Rajkumar to head the court of enquiry to probe the Alliance Air crash near Patna. |
| 4/12/1967 | U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding. |
| 6/29/1997 | Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany. |
| 4/13/1972 | Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 3/19/1982 | President's rule in Assam. |
| 2/19/1992 | Shridhar Narayan Bendre, famous painter, passed away. |
| 1/20/1993 | Bindeshwari Dube, former Chief Minister Bihar, passed away. |
| 12/24/1998 | A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces increased cash awards for Asian Games medallists. |
| 6/12/1990 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1D) launched. This is an operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was launched by US Delta launch vehicle, Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA. |
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