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13 JAN HISTORY EVENTS

Today in Indian History Events for January 13

13-January-1709Bahadhur Shah I defeated his brother Kam Bakhsh at Hydrabad as the Mughal Emperor consolidated his position.

13-January-1709Marathas defeated Britishers in battle of Vadgaon.

13-January-1849Sikhs again lost in Chillianwala in India but British suffered heavy casualties.

13-January-1897On landing at Durbanairport, Gandhiji was mobbed by a crowd excited by reports of his speeches in India on conditions of indentured Indian labour in South Africa.

13-January-1911Satya Pal Gupta, educationist, was born at Aligarh.

13-January-1926D. B. Pat, veteran leader OF 'Shetkari Kamgar Party', was born.

13-January-1932Opening of the Lloyd Barrage or Sukkur Dam, the world's largest irrigation project.

13-January-1938Shivkumar Sharma, famous Santoor player, was born.

13-January-1940Sir Michael O'Dwyer, ex-governor of Punjab, murdered by an Indian in London.

13-January-1948Kenia Hirjee Jayantilal, cricketer (5 at Kingston, 71 his only inns for India), was born in Hyderabad.

13-January-1949Rakesh Sharma, first Indian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-11) to go in space, was born.

13-January-1951Chandrika Premji Keniya, social worker, was born.

13-January-1964200 die in Hindu-Muslim riot in Calcutta.

13-January-1967Samachar Bharti inaugurated in New Delhi.

13-January-1974Saraswatibai, famous music expert and classical singer, passed away.

13-January-1993Bombay death toll rises to 550 raising the toll in the Ayodhya-related violence since December 6 to 753.

13-January-1994Indian Airlines Bangalore-Madras A 320 Airbus with 56 passengers and seven crew hijacked.

13-January-1995The 14th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica, consisting of 63 members under the leadership of Dr. S.D.Sharma (Scientist, NPL), reaches Antarctica.

13-January-1998Shambu Sen, 62, Hindi film music director and dance master, passed away in Mumbai of cereberal haemorrhage.

13-January-1999Justice (retd.) Anshuman Singh, presently Governor of Gujarat, is appointed new Governor of Rajasthan.

13-January-2000S. Raman and Moum Das lift singles title in the National table tennis championship in Lucknow.

13-January-2000V.R. Nedunchezhiyan, (79), former Tamil Nadu Finance Minister and AIADMK chairman, died in Chennai after a heart attack.


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