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Historical Event on 4/13/1997

Paes-Bhupathi corner doubles glory in the Gold Flake Open tennis in Chennai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/14/199710th International Film Festival for children and young people ambles into Hyderabad atop Gajju, the delightful elephant mascot. About 125 films from 30 countries will be screened.
6/3/1929Chimanbhai Patel, former Chief Minister of Gujarat, was born.
6/21/1991P. V. Narasimha Rao was sworn in as the ninth Prime Minister of India. He reimained in this office till May 16, 1996. He formed a 54-member ministry in the 10th Parliament.
7/23/1964Samrendranath Roy, great statistician, passed away.
12/21/1989V. P. Singh wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha.
2/28/1930Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates.
1/26/1960More medals for armed forces were instituted including the Vishisht Seva Medal (in the classes), Sainya Seva Medal, Videsh Seva Medal and Sena, Nao Sena and Vayu Sena Medals.
6/18/1879Venketeshwar Bachhali, famous physics scientist, was born.
3/16/1997Saidian Shafi, correspondent, Ankhon Dekhi', TV news magazine, and his personal security officer killed by militants in Srinagar.
9/22/1994G. N. Joshi, famous singer, died.