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Events for March 13

13-March-1800	Nana Phadanvis (Balaji Janardan Bhanu), veteran leader of Peshwa Kingdom, died.
13-March-1857	Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away.
13-March-1878	The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
13-March-1915	Keshao Govind Jodh, social reformer, politician and lawyer, was born in Yevada, Maharashtra.
13-March-1938	Hitler merged Austria in Germany.
13-March-1940	Michael O' Dyer, former Governor of Punjab, was shot by Udham Singh in Caxton Hall at point-blank range in full view of a large gathering in London.
13-March-1947	Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947.
13-March-1958	Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet, literateur and writer,died at the age of 80.
13-March-1963	Indian Govenment announced 'Arjun Awards' to boost the morale of various sports personalities.
13-March-1971	Fifth General Election of India ends.
13-March-1978	Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (3 wkts in 2 Tests for India), passed away.
13-March-1989	The first straw fired thermal power plant was laid in Jakhari village of Punjab.
13-March-1991	President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
13-March-1992	K. S. Niranjan, famous Kannad author, passed away.
13-March-1992	Indumati Ramkrishna Shevde, famous writer, critic and painter, passed away.
13-March-1996	Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.
13-March-1997	Sister Nirmala Joshi, 63, is chosen to succeed Mother Teresa as the Superior-General of Missionaries of Charity.
13-March-1997	H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.
13-March-2000	Parliament approves TRAI Bill seeking to bifurcate it into a Tribunal and a Regulator, with the Rajya Sabha passing the measure by a voice vote.