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Historical Event on 5/13/1967

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1982Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) retired from the post of sixth President.
3/19/1973Mine explosion in Bihar kills 47.
6/23/1911King 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.
3/29/1977S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).
11/11/1994The Supreme Court stays Karnataka Reservation Act.
4/1/1933Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron.
2/4/1944Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma
11/8/1932Sankhla Badluram, great industrialist, was born in Delhi.
6/9/199881 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone.
7/17/1996All 47 ministers in Madhya Pradesh submit resignations to CM Digvijay Singh.