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Historical Event on 9/13/1997

Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/2/2000Om Prakash Chautala, Indian National Lok Dal supremo, sworn in the 18th Chief Minister of Haryana.
7/3/1979Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started.
11/5/1956Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary.
9/20/1878Hindu"", an English weekly in Madras with G. S. Aiyer as its Editor, was first published with only 80 copies.
10/10/1756Clive sailed from Madras, to capture Calcutta, with a large naval fleet consisting of 900 European and 1500 Indian soldiers along with 5 battle ships, and 5 other vessels.
8/20/1988Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
3/30/1992Satyajit Ray received the honorary Oscar award..
7/28/1989Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was disqualified from Rajya Sabha. It was the first case of such disqualification from the House under anti-defection law.
5/5/1983Keshavrao Kothavle 'Lalit', editor of monthly magzine, passed away.
8/14/1954'State Carrom Association' was established in Mumbai.