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Historical Event on 8/13/1947

Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1992Indo-US naval exercises begin.
11/6/1910Satakopan Chandilyan Bhashyam, journalist, was born at Tirukkoilur, Madras.
5/8/1906Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born.
2/11/1993Naik sacks six ministers in Maharashtra.
7/28/1999Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray is banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1995 on the recommendations of the Election Commission.
11/19/1991Kashinath Anant (Rambhau Joshi), famous editor, passed away.
12/4/1998Ilayaraja, nusic composer, selected for the Lata Mangeshkar award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government.
11/9/1962Dhondo Keshav Karve, social reformer and educationist Bharat Ratna awardee, died.
9/7/1998Prof. K. M. Chandy, Congress (I) leader and former Governor of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, died in Kochi at the age of 77.
11/19/1994Lt. Gen. Shankar Roy Choudhury appointed Army Chief following the death of Gen. B.C. Joshi.