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Historical Event on 3/13/1947
Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/8/1906 | Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder. |
| 2/13/1991 | Surjit Singh Barnala resigns as Governor of Tamil Nadu. |
| 8/4/2000 | Pranab Mukherjee and S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress(I) leaders, get Best Parliamentarian awards for the year 1997-98. |
| 1/16/1901 | Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away. |
| 5/15/1873 | The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England. |
| 11/23/1999 | Vinod Chandra Pandey takes over as the Governor of Bihar. |
| 8/10/1948 | Atomic Energy Commission established. |
| 10/6/1893 | Meghnad N. Saha, astrophysicist, was born. In 1920, he developed the 'Thermal Ionization Equation', which has remained fundamental in all works on stellar atmospheres. This equation has been widely applied to the interpretation of stellar spectra, which are characteristic of the chemical composition of the light source. |
| 12/7/1979 | First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay. |
| 1/1/1851 | Publication of Marathi newspaper 'Gyanoday'. |
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