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Historical Event on 3/13/1989

The first straw fired thermal power plant was laid in Jakhari village of Punjab.

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.
3/18/1924Madhusudhan Ramachandra Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49), was born in Panvel, Maharashtra.
5/13/1962Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963).
1/27/1904R. P. Kanitkar, veteran writer, nationalist, journalist and editor, was born.
11/15/1991Insurance official Dr. S.L. Khosa freed in Kashmir in exchange for a militant.
7/14/1923Iqbal Singh Bhatia, great educationist, was born at Kotla Qasim Khan, (Pakistan).
2/2/2000The Government decides to appoint former Chief Justice of India M.N. Venkatachaliah as the Chairman of the National Commission to review the Constitution.
3/6/1947Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.
9/25/1927Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan).
11/2/1999The Delhi HC dismisses a plea against Sonia Gandhi seeking deletion of her name from the register of Indian citizenship.