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Historical Event on 5/13/1962
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963)
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| 7/14/1994 | Veerappan, Sandalwood smuggler, declared 'proclaimed offender'. |
| 8/7/1934 | Gandhi begins a fast for penance following the violent treatment of a Hindu leader by some of his followers. |
| 12/17/1974 | Ustad Gulam Sabir, famous Sarangi player, died at Kanpur. |
| 7/21/1911 | Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat. |
| 11/5/1927 | Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, met Gandhiji, S.Shriniwas Iyengar and M.A. Ansari Congress leaders at New Delhi. |
| 8/15/1947 | Indian Independence Day. |
| 4/10/1955 | India and Vietnam affirm the Panchsheel. |
| 11/10/1990 | Two Burmese youth hijack a Thai Airlines Airbus with 221 passengers on board to Calcutta. |
| 1/21/1983 | R. D. Katari, the first Indian Admiral of Indian Army, passed away. |
| 6/27/1998 | Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan, Gandhian, Congressman and former Sikkim Governor, dies at 86. |
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