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Historical Event on 2/13/1998

India signs two agreements with the U.N. Development Fund for a $13.75-million grant for food security and environment support.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/8/1997Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion.
6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.
8/15/1955Satyagrah started for the freedom of Goa.
5/2/1982Mohun Bagan retains Federation Cup (football) beating Mafatlal at Calicut.
3/26/1987Hyderabad beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.
2/16/1969Mirza Ghalib centenary stamp released.
3/31/1980Nirmal Mukherjee, the last Indian Civil Service Officer, retired from service as Cabinet Secretary.
10/10/1998Justice Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand was appointed as the Chief Justice of India.
3/28/1916Ramkrishna Pillai, journalist and social reformer, passed away.
12/1/1989A 13-member Sikkim Sangram Parishad Ministry headed by Nar Bahadur Bhandari assumes office in Sikkim.