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Historical Event on 3/13/1958
Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet, literateur and writer,died at the age of 80.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/4/1914 | Gandhiji reaches London and raised Indian Volunteer Corps. |
| 11/30/1999 | The disinvestment panel headed by G. V. Ramakrishna demits office after the end of its three-year term. |
| 1/22/1901 | Queen Victoria (1819-1901) passed away at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, South England, after a brief illness. She had been throned for almost 64 years, which is the longest reign in British history. She had given her name to an age ""Victorian Britain"". |
| 10/9/1993 | C. R. Rangachari, cricketer (4 Tests for India, 8 runs @ 2.66, 9 wkts @ 54.78), passed away. |
| 6/23/1911 | King George V was today crowned ""King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India,"" at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony evoking the continuity and tradition of the British monarchy magnificent spectacle. Thousands of spectators crowded the streets for hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal procession. Partition of Bengal notified to create the Presidency of Bengal. The Imperial capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi. |
| 5/29/1947 | Establishment of Indian Standard Institution. |
| 6/30/1986 | Mizoram became the state of India. |
| 5/10/1910 | Robert Koch, nobel laureate, died of an heart attack. |
| 7/28/1921 | Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India. |
| 8/22/1988 | Gorkha National Liberation Front signs an accord with the Centre and West Bengal on formation of an elective hill Council for Darjeeling. |
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