13 DEC TODAY IN HISTORY DINVISHESH GHADAMODI

Today in Indian History
Events for December 13

13-December-1772	Narayan Rao became the Peshwa at Satara.
13-December-1899	Pandurang Satu Naik, famous film photographer of Indian film industry, was born.
13-December-1902	Ilachandra Joshi, famous Hindi novelist, story writer, critic and journalist, was born.
13-December-1947	Nicholas Raerich, great philosopher, master-artist, prolific writer, scientist, educator, designer, poet, humanitarian, explorer, leader and social worker, died at Naggar, Kulu.
13-December-1955	India and the USSR affirm the Panchsheel.
13-December-1978	Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.
13-December-1984	The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect.
13-December-1986	Smita Patil, famous film actress, passed away.
13-December-1989	Kashmiri militants release the daughter of Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as five of their comrades freed from prison.
13-December-1991	Justice M. H Kania of Maharashtra sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of India.
13-December-1994	Vishwanath Annappa Tatyasaheb Kore, Padmashri awardee, passed away.
13-December-1999	Dr. V. Kurien gets the Paulos Mar Gregorius Award 1999.
13-December-1999	The Government lodges protest with the Pakistani Rangers following the discovery of a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border.
13-December-1999	The Railways announces concessions for senior citizens, students upto Class X and the poor.
13-December-2000	All 12 battalions of the Manipur Rifles Personnel strike from work.
13-December-2000	Vijay Samuel Hazare, former Indian cricket captain, becomes the first recipient of the 'Castrol Lifetime Achievement award'.
13-December-2000	Vikram Sood is appointed new RAW Chief.
13-December-2000	The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate.