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On This Day in India

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13 March

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1922CultureStory not yet covered

HRH Prince of Wales Edward VIII inaugurates the Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College in…

HRH Prince of Wales Edward VIII inaugurates the Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College in Dehradun, India, marking a capitulation of the British Empire to growing pressure for the Indianization of the Officer Cadre of the British Indian Army.

This date is in the wider Indian-history calendar but does not yet have a dedicated Curious Indian article.

Udham Singh shoots and kills Michael O'Dwyer at Caxton Hall
1940Freedom movementStory not yet covered

Udham Singh shoots and kills Michael O'Dwyer at Caxton Hall

Udham Singh killed former Punjab lieutenant-governor Michael O'Dwyer at Caxton Hall in London, an act linked in historical memory to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

This date is in the wider Indian-history calendar but does not yet have a dedicated Curious Indian article.

1997Historical eventStory not yet covered

India's Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader

This date is in the wider Indian-history calendar but does not yet have a dedicated Curious Indian article.

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