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Historical Event on 5/13/1962

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963).

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/6/2000Saurav Ganguly wins the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year award 1999-2000.
11/10/1901Formal inauguration of the new North-West Frontier Province created out of the Punjab.
12/20/1946Gandhiji completes his month-long sojourn at Srirampur.
8/16/1991C. Achuta Menon, former CM of Kerala, passed away.
2/6/1992The Centre decides to wind up the 7-year-old Food Processing Industry ministry.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
8/7/1990Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.
10/3/1996National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory.
3/23/1986The first women's company of Central Reserve Police Force camp was raised in Durgapur.
3/25/1990Lakshadweep Council elections.