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Historical Event on 11/13/1998

Pravabati Devi (88), freedom fighter and `Mother Teresa of Orissa', dies at the orphanage set up by her at Chharchanpali.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/1985Police inquiry said bombs caused Air India jet disaster in New Delhi.
4/10/1955India and Vietnam affirm the Panchsheel.
4/8/1991Prafulla Kumar Mahanta,Assam CM, steps down as party chief.
6/18/1901Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, Marathi novelist and editor, passed away.
7/8/1996Mathematical Olympiad was held in Mumbai - the first time in India (from 08-17, 1996).
7/27/1998The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers.
5/30/1919Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
6/11/1931Purushottam Vishnu Behre, great editor, story and novel writer, was born.
5/13/1996M. Karunanidhi (DMK) sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM.
4/22/1930Civil Disobedience at Dandi, 6th April 1930 and Civil Disobedience at Bombay, 7th April 1930, both documentary films produced by Krishna Film Co., Bombay, were prohibited by Censor Board on April 22, on the grounds that they were calculated to foster resistance to Government and to promote a breach of Law and Order.