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Historical Event on 3/13/1857

Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.
11/1/1973Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were renamed as Lakshadweep, and Masker (Mysore) state renamed as Karnataka.
3/17/1798Rani Shiromani anounced to attack the British Army.
4/30/1888Hailsones kill 246 in Moradabad.
5/18/1933Gandhiji commences at noon 21 days' fast for self-purification; released unconditionally at 9 p.m.
6/6/1990GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years.
8/6/1992A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam.
5/20/1878Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away.
8/1/1993Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, died at Jorhat, Assam.