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Historical Event on 3/13/1878
The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
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| 4/14/1907 | P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born. |
| 10/30/1994 | Swaran Singh, 87, former External Affairs minister, died. |
| 7/28/1872 | Albert P Sarraut, French Governor General of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36), was born. |
| 12/23/1995 | The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia. |
| 3/15/1920 | Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
| 6/4/1936 | Nutan, film actress, was born. |
| 7/12/1999 | Rajendra Kumar (71), legendary actor who acted in over 150 Hindi films, died in Mumbai. |
| 11/3/1990 | Manmohan Krishna, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 12/28/1983 | Gavaskar achieves his 30th century beating Bradman's 29. |
| 10/23/1883 | Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat. |
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