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Historical Event on 4/13/1989
Malayalam film 'Piravi' directed by Shaji N. Karun adjudged best feature film of 1988.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/24/1999 | The Orissa police arrest 47 persons in connection with the killing of the Australian missionary. |
| 3/3/1997 | Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, arrives in New Delhi. |
| 4/17/1990 | Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, famous Director of Raja Kelkar Museum, passed away. |
| 9/24/1856 | Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Governor General of India, passed away. |
| 4/1/1976 | Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established. |
| 1/17/1905 | Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988. |
| 4/15/1975 | Janata Party's `People's March' to Parliament. |
| 5/19/1956 | The Indian govt. bans six U.S. and two British films for presenting a 'disparaging' impression of life in Africa, including 'African Queen' and 'Mogambo' at New Delhi. |
| 1/1/1972 | Indian states abolished the previous rulers of Privy purses and privileges. |
| 4/23/1946 | Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, exchanging its Spitfire Vllls for Mk XlVs in October and arriving in Japan aboard HMS vengence. |
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