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Historical Event on 4/13/1851

Ganga Ram, great social reformer and an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, Punjab, was born at Mangtanwala, now in Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1992LDF wrests Narakal while the UDF retains the Tanur assembly seat in Kerala.
8/5/1905Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, was born.
10/24/1827Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born
1/30/1949Night Airmail Services was inaugurated.
1/31/1958First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy.
9/12/1990Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State.
2/26/1966Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet.
8/26/1984An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.
1/1/1983This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Communications Year"".
2/19/1992The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab.