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Historical Event on 5/13/1962

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963)

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1997Nitin Mongia wins Laser standard in sailing championship in Hyderabad.
2/7/1997Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''.
10/16/1999Indian women claimed bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang
3/22/1961Jual Teria Dilga Oram was born in Kendudihi, Distt. Sundargarh (Orissa).
4/8/1993CBI extensively raided VHP offices; BJP MP Brijbhushan Saren Singh among five arrested.
4/17/1997Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died.
5/19/1993Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines.
8/7/1905Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi.
10/2/1994Five die of pneumonic plague in Delhi. Surat toll rose to 47.
2/9/1992Publication of daily newspaper `Lokpatra' started from Nanded.