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Historical Event on 9/13/1901
Jamshedji Bomanji H. Wadia, director and producer, was born. His first film was 'Toofan Mail' (1932).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/15/1918 | K.C.D. Brahaspati, great poet, playwright and orientalist, was born at Rampur, UP. |
| 2/23/1997 | 176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa. |
| 4/30/1870 | Dadasaheb Phalke alias Dhundiraj Gobind Phalke was born at Trymbakeshwar near Nasik, Maharashtra. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra' and founded Phalke & Co. at Bombay. He was a director, producer, writer, editor & laboratorian, portrait photographer and also a scene-painter. |
| 8/1/1998 | The DMK condemns the BJP-led coalition Government's decision to set up a Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency and rejects the Action Taken Report on the final report of the Jain Commission with reference to Mr. M. Karunanidhi. |
| 12/16/1909 | Lal Singh Narayan Singh, cricketer (scored 15 & 29 in India's 1st Test match), was born near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| 10/10/1964 | Olympics opened at Tokyo |
| 11/2/1992 | Nine Maharashtra ministers resign. |
| 3/22/2000 | P. Shanmugham sworn in Chief Minister of Pondicherry. |
| 6/24/1990 | President R. Venkataraman issues notification formally constituting an Inter-State Council. |
| 2/13/1991 | Muslim League leaves the UDF in Kerala. |
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