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Historical Event on 5/13/1991

P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1976International Dialing Telephone Service started between Mumbai and London.
10/28/1996Goa upset Karnataka to win their first Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever.
8/13/1784East India Company was appointed as the centralised Regulatory Authority through India by Pitt's India Act, which was accepted in British Parliament in England.
8/13/1784Sikh Guru Har Govindji, the sixth sikh guru, was born. He fashioned a military role for the Sikhs.
9/17/1879E.V. Ramaswami Naicker, prominent leader of Dravid movement and social reformer, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu.
10/26/1981Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died.
6/20/1979Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur.
10/17/1940Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it.
8/1/1905Horse drawn tram cars were closed down in Bombay. This service was started on May 9, 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. The very first day of its run, the number of passengers carried was 451 and the amount earned was Rs. 85/- on the last day it had 1360 horses and carried 71,947 passengers and earned Rs.4,260/.
12/24/1894The first medical conference was held in Calcutta.