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Historical Event on 6/13/1999

The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1892Dr. Shivajirao Ganesh (Daji Patwardhan), famous social worker and Padmashri awardee, was born.
12/7/1825First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta.
11/7/1893Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionaries in India, passed away at the age of 37.
2/6/1954Kashmir Assembly accepts re-unification with India.
11/5/1977Indira Gandhi arrested and released unconditionally. The External Affairs Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addresses the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi.
7/1/1947British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
2/22/1885Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, great nationalist leader, was born.
8/3/1997Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the doubles title in the Canadian Maurier Super Nine Doubles Open tennis championships held in Montreal.
9/28/1985The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87).
5/29/1993Ramesh More, Shiv Sena MLA, was murdered.