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Historical Event on 4/13/1982

Pandit Parmanand, founder member of `Gather Party', passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.
5/19/1796Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds.
10/20/1920Censor Board, after examining the film 'Ahilya Uddhar' on October 20, started mentioning the number of reels as well as the length in feet on the Censor Certificate. The film had already been released earlier on August 23, 1919.
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.
1/30/1968Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer and President of All India, passed away.
10/24/1657Kalyan and Bhiwandi came under the rule of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
5/29/1973Jo Paul Ancheri, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Trichur, Kerala. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1994.
5/10/1857India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut near Delhi the next day.
6/12/1990CPI(M) accuses Communist Party of Soviet Union of departing from the basic ideology of Marxism-Leninism in the name of correcting past distortions.
11/5/1920Indian Red Cross society was founded in India under Bengal Act VIII. St.John Ambulance Association is a wing of this societywhich directed Improvement of Health, Prevention of Diseases and Mitigation of Suffering activities.