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Historical Event on 4/13/1988

Mother Teresa asks Margret Thatcher for help to set up a hostel for London's elderly homeless in UK.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1986A restructured 20-point programme announced.
6/26/1888Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Pilani.
5/3/1764Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked on Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers. Britishers became the rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India.
4/20/1914Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.
7/7/1799Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers.
4/14/1772Ahmadshah Abdali passed away.
6/3/1915Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
7/23/1903Chandra Shekhar Azad was born Today in 1903
8/26/1984An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.
11/2/2000Sinam Chandramani Singh (18), national bravery award winner, his brother Sinam Robin Singh and their aunt were among 10 killed in firing by eight Assam Rifles personnel at Malom near Imphal.