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Historical Event on 6/13/1927
Henry C. K. ""Clan"" Petty-Fitzmaurice, Governor of India (1888-94), passed away at the age of 82.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/14/1807 | Khanderao Holkar, one of the sardars in Peshwa kingdom, passed away. |
| 6/22/1982 | 19 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay. |
| 11/18/1997 | US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in New Delhi. Ms. Albright said she raised the 'all-important issue of terrorism' with Pakistan's top leadership. |
| 11/2/1897 | Sohrab Meharwanji Modi, theatre and film producer, director and actor, was born. |
| 5/25/1917 | Abdul Vavakunju Ummasalumma Khader, freedom fighter, was born in Kerala. He was hanged on September 10, 1943. |
| 8/28/1879 | Battle at Ulundi, Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz. |
| 6/2/1986 | One thousand Sikhs arrested at demonstrations in Punjab. |
| 5/7/1973 | The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 1/1/1903 | A vast crowd thronged the great plain outside Delhi today, waiting to hear the declaration that King Edward VII was Emperor of India. The crowd, clothed in brilliantly colored garments, was largely composed of common people who had come to the durbar to see India's princes pledge their fealty to the Emperor . The Duke of Connaught, representing King Edward, sat on the left of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, who sat on a throne surrounded by giant silver footstools. Lord Curzon spoke briefly, then read a message from the King, who expressed regret at not being present at the durbar and his wishes for ""the increasing prosperity of my Indian Empire."" Among the dignitaries in the amphi-theater were 600 veterans of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58. |
| 5/20/1972 | Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta. |
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