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Historical Event on 5/13/1962

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963)

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/1860First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa.
2/7/1990Krishan Kant became the Governor of Andhra Pradesh till 21/08/1997.
2/13/1994Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence.
6/23/1994Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free.
3/3/1847Alexander Graham Bell, great pioneer, inventor and professor, was born at Edinburgh, Scotland.
12/30/1935Lord Reading, former Viceroy and Governor General of India, died at the age of 76 at UK.
1/25/1992Swaran Singh and Vajpayee awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
3/16/1993Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.
1/1/1986Fourth Pay Commission implemented.
5/3/1927Riots between Sikhs and Muslims in Lahore claims 14 lives and leaves 100 injured.