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Events for April 13

13-April-1699	Khalsa Panth established.
13-April-1772	Warren Hastings, who became the president of their Bengal Council, was appointed in the court of Directors of the East India Company.
13-April-1796	The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.
13-April-1851	Ganga Ram, great social reformer and an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, Punjab, was born at Mangtanwala, now in Pakistan.
13-April-1889	Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born.
13-April-1890	Ramchandra Gopal Torne (Dadasaheb), film director, was born.
13-April-1919	Jallianwala Baug massacre. The great Indian tragedy occured in Amritsar which claimed 389 lives and wounded 1,516 activitists fighting for Indian independence. Early in 1919, the Rowlatt Act (Black Act) was passed. This authorized the Government to imprison any person without any trial and conviction in a court of law. This furious act was under the guidence of cruel Brigedier General R. E. H. Dyer and his 50 men troop. Michael O' Dwyer was then the Governor of Punjab who naturally defended the action. This day is observed as Jallianwala Baug Day.
13-April-1940	Najma Heptulla, Vice President of Rajya Sabha, was born.
13-April-1947	Diplomatic relations between India and Russia established.
13-April-1948	Bhuvaneshwar became the capital of Orissa.
13-April-1963	Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away.
13-April-1971	Carlton Chapman, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Bangalore ,Karnataka
13-April-1972	Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away.
13-April-1982	Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away.
13-April-1982	Pandit Parmanand, founder member of `Gather Party', passed away.
13-April-1984	India beat Pak by 58 runs to win the first Cricket Asia Cup in Sharjah.
13-April-1984	Kerala Government drops Silent Valley Project and declares the entire area a national park.
13-April-1988	Mother Teresa asks Margret Thatcher for help to set up a hostel for London's elderly homeless in UK.
13-April-1989	Malayalam film 'Piravi' directed by Shaji N. Karun adjudged best feature film of 1988.
13-April-1993	Bhupan Hazarika wins Phalke Award for 1992.
13-April-1993	Lalitadevi Shastri passed away.
13-April-1994	United Arab Emirates lost to India in its first official ODI.
13-April-1997	Anand wins Dos Hermanas chess crown.
13-April-1997	Paes-Bhupathi corner doubles glory in the Gold Flake Open tennis in Chennai.
13-April-1999	D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district.