Important Events in 1709 – Indian History on 13 January

• 1709: Bahadhur Shah I defeated his brother Kam Bakhsh at Hydrabad as the Mughal Emperor consolidated his position.
• 1709: Marathas defeated Britishers in battle of Vadgaon.

Important Events in 1849 – Indian History on 13 January

• 1849: Sikhs again lost in Chillianwala in India but British suffered heavy casualties.

Important Events in 1897 – Indian History on 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.

Important Events in 1911 – Indian History on 13 January

• 1911: Satya Pal Gupta, educationist, was born at Aligarh.

Important Events in 1926 – Indian History on 13 January

• 1926: D. B. Pat, veteran leader OF ‘Shetkari Kamgar Party’, was born.

Important Events in 1932 – Indian History on 13 January

• 1932: Opening of the Lloyd Barrage or Sukkur Dam, the world’s largest irrigation project.

Important Events in 1938 – Indian History on 13 January

• 1938: Shivkumar Sharma, famous Santoor player, was born.

Important Events in 1940 – Indian History on 13 January

• 1940: Sir Michael O’Dwyer, ex-governor of Punjab, murdered by an Indian in London.

Important Events in 1948 – Indian History on 13 January

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

Important Events in 1949 – Indian History on 13 January

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

Important Events in 1951 – Indian History on 13 January

• 1951: Chandrika Premji Keniya, social worker, was born.

Important Events in 1964 – Indian History on 13 January

• 1964: 200 die in Hindu-Muslim riot in Calcutta.

Important Events in 1967 – Indian History on 13 January

• 1967: Samachar Bharti inaugurated in New Delhi.

Important Events in 1974 – Indian History on 13 January

• 1974: Saraswatibai, famous music expert and classical singer, passed away.

Important Events in 1993 – Indian History on 13 January

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

Important Events in 1994 – Indian History on 13 January

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

Important Events in 1995 – Indian History on 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.

Important Events in 1998 – Indian History on 13 January

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

Important Events in 1999 – Indian History on 13 January

• 1999: Justice (retd.) Anshuman Singh, presently Governor of Gujarat, is appointed new Governor of Rajasthan.

Important Events in 2000 – Indian History on 13 January

• 2000: S. Raman and Moum Das lift singles title in the National table tennis championship in Lucknow.
• 2000: V.R. Nedunchezhiyan, (79), former Tamil Nadu Finance Minister and AIADMK chairman, died in Chennai after a heart attack.