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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
5/28/1988The first Cultural Exchange Programme was signed between India and China.
9/24/1997E. S. Venkataramiah (72), former Chief Justice of India, died in Bangalore.
9/17/1899First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa.
12/6/1997Nine persons killed and over 60 injured in bomb blasts in three trains which left Chennai. Blasts occurred in Tiruchi, Erode (Tamil Nadu) and Trissur in Kerala.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
5/23/1996Joint Opposition candidate Purno A. Sangma (Cong. MP from Meghalaya) unanimously elected Speaker of 11th Lok Sabha.
12/19/1917Ashoknath Banerjee, Governor of Karnataka, was born.
12/19/1917Property Tax was passed.
10/9/1949The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General.
5/2/1974700 union leaders arrested in a move to avert a rail strike in New Delhi.