13 JAN TODAY IN HISTORY DINVISHESH GHADAMODI

Today in Indian History
Events for January 13

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.