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Today’s Historical Events on March 13
1781, 13th March: William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus
1897, 13th March: Establishment of the University of San Diego
1910, 13th March: Vinayak Savarkar got arrested on his way to London from Paris
1940, 13th March: Udham Singh assassinated Punjab Governor Michael O’Dwyer
1997, 13th March: Sister Nirmala was chosen to succeed Mother Teresa
Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on March 13
1899: Dr Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, the first elected Chief Minister of the erstwhile Hyderabad State
1980: Varun Gandhi, an Indian politician
1978: Kalvakuntla Kavitha, the first woman parliamentarian from Telangana
Death Anniversaries of famous people on March 13
1901: Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the United States
1914: Hakeem Noor-ud-Din, first caliph and leader of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
1958: Vallathol Narayana Menon, a poet in the Malayalam language
1996: Emilie Schenkl, the wife of Subhas Chandra Bose
2004: Ustad Vilayat Khan, an Indian classical sitar player
What happened in India on 13 March
13-March-1800
Nana Phadanvis (Balaji Janardan Bhanu), veteran leader of Peshwa Kingdom, died.
13-March-1857
Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away.
13-March-1878
The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
13-March-1915
Keshao Govind Jodh, social reformer, politician and lawyer, was born in Yevada, Maharashtra.
13-March-1938
Hitler merged Austria in Germany.
13-March-1940
Michael O’ Dyer, former Governor of Punjab, was shot by Udham Singh in Caxton Hall at point-blank range in full view of a large gathering in London.
13-March-1947
Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947.
13-March-1958
Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet, literateur and writer,died at the age of 80.
13-March-1963
Indian Govenment announced ‘Arjun Awards’ to boost the morale of various sports personalities.
13-March-1971
Fifth General Election of India ends.
13-March-1978
Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (3 wkts in 2 Tests for India), passed away.
13-March-1989
The first straw fired thermal power plant was laid in Jakhari village of Punjab.
13-March-1991
President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
13-March-1992
K. S. Niranjan, famous Kannad author, passed away.
13-March-1992
Indumati Ramkrishna Shevde, famous writer, critic and painter, passed away.
13-March-1996
Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.
13-March-1997
Sister Nirmala Joshi, 63, is chosen to succeed Mother Teresa as the Superior-General of Missionaries of Charity.
13-March-1997
H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.
13-March-2000
Parliament approves TRAI Bill seeking to bifurcate it into a Tribunal and a Regulator, with the Rajya Sabha passing the measure by a voice vote.