13 December - India on this day16 events

Ilachandra Joshi, famous Hindi novelist, story writer, critic and journalist, was born.

The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate.

Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.

India and the USSR affirm the Panchsheel.

Kashmiri militants release the daughter of Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as five of their comrades freed from prison.

The Government lodges protest with the Pakistani Rangers following the discovery of a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border.

All 12 battalions of the Manipur Rifles Personnel strike from work.

Dr. V. Kurien gets the Paulos Mar Gregorius Award 1999.

Vijay Samuel Hazare, former Indian cricket captain, becomes the first recipient of the 'Castrol Lifetime Achievement award'.

Justice M. H Kania of Maharashtra sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of India.

The Railways announces concessions for senior citizens, students upto Class X and the poor.

Pandurang Satu Naik, famous film photographer of Indian film industry, was born.

Smita Patil, famous film actress, passed away.

Nicholas Raerich, great philosopher, master-artist, prolific writer, scientist, educator, designer, poet, humanitarian, explorer, leader and social worker, died at Naggar, Kulu.

The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect.

Vishwanath Annappa Tatyasaheb Kore, Padmashri awardee, passed away.