13 April Today in Indian History (English)

Created by MentorJi in Today In History 13 Apr 2024
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Historical Events on April 13.


  1.   1772, 13th April: Warren Hastings was appointed chairman of the Bengal Committee of the East India Company.


  1.  1849, 13th April: Hungary became a republic.


  1.  1919, 13th April: Jallianwala Bagh massacre killed 379 and injured 1,200 people.


  1.  1939, 13th April: Hindustani Lal Sena (Indian Red Army) was formed for an armed struggle with the British in India.

  2.  1960, 13th April: The US launched Transit 1-B, the world’s first navigation satellite.


  1.  1984, 13th April: Indian cricket team won the Asia Cup for the first time by defeating Pakistan by 58 runs in Sharjah.


  1.  1997, 13th April: Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to win a Masters Tournament.



Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on April 13.


  1.   1743: Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.

  2.  1895: V. R. Khanolkar, an Indian Pathologist. “Father of Pathology and Medical Research in India.”


  1.  1905: Bruno Rossi, an Italian experimental physicist. 


  1.  1906: Samuel Beckett, an Irish novelist and playwright.


  1.  1930: Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram, an Indian poet, and lyricist.


  1.  1940: Najma Heptulla, an Indian politician and Governor of Manipur.


  1.  1956: Satish Kaushik, an Indian film director, producer, and actor.


  1.  1963: Garry Kasparov, a Russian chess grandmaster.



Death Anniversaries of famous people on April 13.


  1.   1973: Balraj Sahni, an Indian film and stage actor.


  1.  1993: Wallace Stegner, an American novelist.


  1.  1999: Sheik Chinna Moulana,  a legendary nadhaswaram player in the Carnatic tradition.


  1.  2008: John Wheeler, an American theoretical physicist.


  1.  2015: Gunter Grass, a German-Kashubian novelist.



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