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Historical Event on 4/13/1796

The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/1/1978Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV) was converted from College of Agriculture to University.
6/11/1984574 Sikh army deserters arrested.
11/30/1982World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.
11/16/1995The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion.
11/11/1992S.Bangarappa resigns as the CM of Karnataka.
1/31/1996Asia's first Sports University inaugurated in Pune.
12/3/1991An all-party delegation from Tamil Nadu led by CM Jayalalita urges the PM to gazette the interim award on Cauvery.
10/5/1989Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court.
9/10/1887Govind Ballabh Pant was born in village Khunt, Almora District, U.P. He served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was as outstanding parliamentary figure of his days. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
7/7/197378 drowned as flash flood sweeped a bus into a river (India).