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Historical Event on 11/13/1780
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ""Lion of Punjab"", was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/27/1894 | Chhaganbapa (Chhaganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker, was born. |
| 8/7/1905 | The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta. |
| 6/2/1965 | The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India). |
| 12/16/1770 | Ludwig Van Beethoven, greatest musician, poet and innovator, was born. |
| 4/12/1978 | India's first double decker train was started between Victoria Terminus (CST) and Pune which beared the name as ""Janta Express"", which is now known under the name of Shivaji's fort as ""Singhgarh Express"". |
| 11/13/1953 | Richard Nixon, the US Vice President, arrives in New Delhi. |
| 9/21/1994 | Ramkrishna Bajaj, freedom fighter and veteran industrialist, passed away. |
| 11/30/2000 | Jagdev Singh Talwandi, a former Akali Dal leader, was the unanimous choice as the new SGPC president. |
| 12/25/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, launches a Rs.60,000 crore ''Gram Sadak Yojana'' for linking all villages and the ""Antyodaya Anna Scheme'' for providing cheap foodgrains under the TPDS. |
| 4/22/1991 | IMF and the World Bank decide to grant $1 billion loan to India. |
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