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Historical Event on 5/13/1996

M. Karunanidhi (DMK) sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/9/1999BJP expels former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.
12/25/1937Pitambar Datt Kaushika, great educationist, was born at Bulandshahar.
4/16/1962Third Lok Sabha constituted after the third general election in India. J. L. Nehru forms the third Congress ministry.
2/2/1989France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta.
2/25/1884Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, was born at Radhu village of Kaira District.
9/20/1933Annie Besant, veteran freedom fighter for India, died.
5/20/1932Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc.
6/4/1955Ministry of Iron & Steel inaugurated.
2/10/1995PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister.
6/12/1975Allahabad court voids Indira Gandhi's election as premier, citing corruption at New Delhi.