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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
6/7/1999Supreme Court, through an interim order, stayed the execution of the four accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case till July 19, 1999.
1/20/1990Dr. Raja Ramanna sworn in Minister of State for Defence.
11/2/1774Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British Rule in India, British Army Chief and Diplomat, died. He committed suicide in England at the age of 49 under strain of ill health and charges of his misdeeds in India.
4/30/1981C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985.
8/15/1955Satyagrah started for the freedom of Goa.
4/8/1998Prem Singh Lalpura, who defied the Akali Dal leadership, not taking oath as a Lok Sabha member on denial of a ministerial berth, is expelled by the party.
3/19/1982Acharya J. B. Kripalani, writer, nationalist, parliamentarian, founder of Kissan Mazdoor Dal and president of Indian National Congress in 1946, passed away at the age of 94.
5/20/1932Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc.
6/6/199614 Janata Dal legislators revolt in Karnataka against the composition of the J H Patel ministry.
3/7/1956A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.