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Historical Event on 5/13/1997
Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/18/1974 | Rajni Pannikar,noted story writer, passed away. |
| 5/23/1997 | The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh. |
| 4/17/1941 | Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities. |
| 5/24/1993 | India and Uzbekistan sign five pacts. |
| 1/14/1991 | Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away. |
| 7/12/1996 | Bail granted to Harshad Mehta, prime accused in the securities scam. |
| 7/12/1996 | Saint Francis Xavier, Jesuit priest, Spanish missionary teaching in India and Japan, was born in the Spanish kingdom of Navarre. |
| 10/30/1883 | Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, died in Ajmer. |
| 5/19/1969 | Cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh claiming 608 lives and rendering 20,000 homeless. |
| 9/11/1889 | Dr. P. Subbarayan, minister and leader of the House in O.P. and President of the Cricket Control Board, was born in Tamil Nadu. |
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