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Historical Event on 8/13/1951

First test flight of 'Hindustan Trainer-2' (H.T.2) which was indigenously designed and manufactured in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/1931Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India.
10/31/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award.
4/26/1895Guru Baksha Singh, modern Punjabi litterateur was born.
6/7/1997Mahesh Bhupathi becomes the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles.
9/15/1999Palvai Purushottam, the sitting Sirpur MLA and TDP candidate, shot dead.
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.
4/17/1975Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras.
12/10/1997Salman Haidar appointed India's High Commissioner to Britain. He succeeded M. L. Singhvi.
1/1/1900Sathya Sai Baba was born
9/30/1981Pakistan Commando soldiers release 66 hostages in Lahore from five Khalistan hijackers and activists of the Dal Khalsa International.