Historical Events on January 13.

1.  1610, 13th Jan: Galileo discovered Callisto, Jupiter’s fourth satellite.

2.  1709, 13th Jan: Mughal ruler Bahadur Shah I defeated his brother Kamabakhsh in Hyderabad in a power struggle.

3.  1849, 13th Jan: The famous Battle of Chillianwala started during the Second Anglo Sikh War.

4.  1910, 13th Jan: The world’s first public radio broadcast began in New York.

5.  1915, 13th Jan: Earthquake shook Avezzano, Italy, killed 29800 people.

6.  1930, 13th Jan: Mickey Mouse comics first published.

7.  1964, 13th Jan: 100 killed in anti-Muslim riots in Kolkata.

8.  1995, 13th Jan: Belarus became the 24th member country of NATO.

9.  2007, 13th Jan: K. G. Balakrishnan became the 37th Chief Justice of India.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on January 13.

1.  1843: Fakir Mohan Senapati, an Indian writer, poet, philosopher, and social reformer. 

2.  1919: Dr. Marri Channa Reddy, an Indian politician and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.

3.  1926: Shakti Samanta, an Indian film director, and producer.

4.  1938: Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, an Indian music composer and santoor player from the state of Jammu and Kashmir. 

5.  1949: Rakesh Sharma, a former Indian Air Force pilot, and astronaut. 

6.  1963: Piyush Mishra, an Indian film and theatre actor, music director, lyricist, singer, and scriptwriter.

7.  1975: Andrew M. Yang, an American entrepreneur and former presidential candidate.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on January 13.

1.  1832: Thomas Lord, an English professional cricketer.

2.  1941: James Joyce, an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, and literary critic.

3.  1976: Ahmed Jan Thirakwa, an Indian tabla player.

4.  1985: Madan Puri, an Indian actor of Hindi and Punjabi films.

5.  1991: Tribhuvandas Luhar, an Indian Gujarati poet and author.

6.  2014: Anjali Devi, an Indian actress, model, and producer in Telugu and Tamil films.

7.  2016: J. F. R. Jacob, an Indian Army officer. 

13-January-1709

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

13-January-1709

Marathas defeated Britishers in battle of Vadgaon.

13-January-1849

Sikhs again lost in Chillianwala in India but British suffered heavy casualties.

13-January-1897

On 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-1911

Satya Pal Gupta, educationist, was born at Aligarh.

13-January-1926

D. B. Pat, veteran leader OF 'Shetkari Kamgar Party', was born.

13-January-1932

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

13-January-1938

Shivkumar Sharma, famous Santoor player, was born.

13-January-1940

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

13-January-1948

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

13-January-1949

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

13-January-1951

Chandrika Premji Keniya, social worker, was born.

13-January-1964

200 die in Hindu-Muslim riot in Calcutta.

13-January-1967

Samachar Bharti inaugurated in New Delhi.

13-January-1974

Saraswatibai, famous music expert and classical singer, passed away.

13-January-1993

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

13-January-1994

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

13-January-1995

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

13-January-1998

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

13-January-1999

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

13-January-2000

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

13-January-2000

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