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Historical Event on 4/13/1948

Bhuvaneshwar became the capital of Orissa.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/30/1947India informs Pakistan and other dominion representatives that it has decided to refer the Kashmir issue to the Security Council under Article 35 of the United Nations Charter.
2/26/1996Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM.
11/1/1973Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were renamed as Lakshadweep, and Masker (Mysore) state renamed as Karnataka.
9/27/1703More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England.
5/12/1984Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, passed away at Madras.
12/24/1988Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died.
6/9/199881 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone.
4/15/1962S. S. Khera was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 18-11-1964.
9/7/1995Mohammed Yousef Jameel, BBC stringer and special correspondent of The Asian Age, died in a parcel bomb explosion in Srinagar.
6/15/1988Dalai Lama recoganised the rights of China in foreign affairs and Army Operations in Tibet region.