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Historical Event on 7/13/1988
Second developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2). This carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Could not be placed in orbit.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/2/1997 | Sumita Sinha of Dhanbad, (18 years college girl) became a world record holder when a 3,200 kg Ambassador car passed over her. |
| 6/6/1997 | Five killed and 17 injured in a bus explosion in Gurdaspur district of Punjab. |
| 11/5/1929 | Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, died. |
| 11/5/1929 | Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398. |
| 11/8/1831 | Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton was born. |
| 6/6/1992 | Ordinance issued to attach the properties of persons involved in the security scam. |
| 4/15/1895 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak inagurated the Shivaji Mahotsav at Raigad Fort. |
| 8/28/1733 | Sekhoji (Jaysingrao) Angre, famous naval officer of Maratha navy, passed away. |
| 7/25/1982 | Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) retired from the post of sixth President. |
| 1/11/1998 | C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away. |
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