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Historical Event on 8/13/1988

Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/1894Rangnath Ramchandra Diwakar, Gandhian leader, was born.
3/29/1942Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now.
2/1/1992Mohan Choty, comedy film actor, passed away.
8/8/1905Dhyanchand, great Hockey player, was born.
12/14/1999India lost to Australia by 285 runs in Adelaide in the first cricket Test.
1/26/1960More medals for armed forces were instituted including the Vishisht Seva Medal (in the classes), Sainya Seva Medal, Videsh Seva Medal and Sena, Nao Sena and Vayu Sena Medals.
4/16/1962Third Lok Sabha constituted after the third general election in India. J. L. Nehru forms the third Congress ministry.
3/29/1914Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh.
2/2/1996Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams.
4/16/1992The PM gives a new slogan to the nation, 'Desh banao, desh bachao'.