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Historical Event on 5/13/1953

The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/25/1995Parliament gives assent to Budget and passes Finance Appropriation Bill.
11/8/1999The Government announces waiver of telephone bills up to Rs. 1000 in the rural areas of cyclone-hit Orissa.
1/21/1980Assembly elections in Kerala; LDF wins absolute majority. E.K. Nayanar forms government in Kerala.
1/10/1908Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal.
6/5/1974Smallpox epidemic in the country.
8/16/1886Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa dies at the age of 50. His real name was Gadadhar Ghatterji. An Indian mystic, leader and saint, he preached unity of religions. Swami Vivekanand was his disciple.
12/9/1873Lord Northbrook, Viceroy and Governor General of India laid the foundation stone of the building.
10/1/1978In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females.
2/20/1987Lok Dal splits over leadership issue.
3/29/1996SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari).