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Historical Event on 5/13/1994
Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/1/1909 | Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University. |
| 7/16/1969 | Morarji Desai resigns from cabinet. |
| 9/9/1997 | Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master. |
| 7/29/1979 | Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
| 1/2/1979 | Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies). |
| 10/20/1905 | Mohansing Mahir, famous modern Punjabi poet, was born. |
| 6/27/1998 | Mr. Nikhil Chakravartty, journalist and chairman of Prasar Bharati, dies in New Delhi at 84. |
| 9/20/1911 | Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Auvalkhera, Agra. |
| 4/2/1994 | Governor Bhanu Prakash Singh dismisses Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa. |
| 11/3/1999 | Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal. |
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