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Historical Event on 8/13/1953

Durgabai Deshmukh became the founder Chairperson of Central Social Welfare Board, which involved several voluntary organisations and workers carrying out programs like education, training and rehabilitation of needy women etc.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1995Bombay beat Punjab in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
7/23/1856Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23rd, 1856
7/16/1909Aruna Asaf Ali, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Kalka in Haryana.
8/1/1963Soviets offer India arms to block China.
1/25/1917Captain P.K. Sahgal, freedom fighter who attended Indian Military Academy course at Dehradun, was born at Hoshiarpur.
4/5/1944221 Advance Base Depots laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks and succeeded in safe evacuation of Ordnance stores to an alternate site.
7/31/1658Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor.
10/13/1905Sister Nivedita died.
10/5/1907British MP Keir Hardie reported fomenting rebellion in India.
12/14/1924Ranbir Raj Kapoor, famous film producer, director and actor, was born.