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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 7/13/1660 |
Baji Prabhu Deshpande, one of the warriors in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's kingdom, died. |
| 7/13/1830 |
Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Alexander Duff, in 1921 Scottish Church College, General Assembly s Institution was established with only five students, where teaching of the Bible took an important part. |
| 7/13/1905 |
Gandhiji opposes Bengal Partition, supports boycott of British goods. During Gokhale Lajpat Rai's deputation to Britain, he appeals to Colonial statesmen to treat India ""an integral part of the Empire"" with consideration. Sanjeevan, weekly from Calcutta, also raised the motto to boycott British Goods. |
| 7/13/1905 |
Premnath Bazaz, famous Kashmir freedom fighter, was born. |
| 7/13/1907 |
Hari Vishnu Kamat, great politician, was born. |
| 7/13/1912 |
Shriman Narayan, educationist, administrator and diplomat, was born in Etawah, U.P. |
| 7/13/1913 |
Tulsi Prasad Khaitan, great industrialist, was born in Chandi village, Bihar . |
| 7/13/1916 |
Ramkrishna Bakre (Tatya), veteran journalist and music critic, was born. |
| 7/13/1929 |
Jatindranath Das started fast strike. |
| 7/13/1930 |
Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India. |
| 7/13/1947 |
An Indian Independence Bill was moved in the British Parliament on 4th July 1947 which became an 'Act' on 13th July 1947. Two Boundary Commissions under Sir Cyril Radcliff were appointed to demarcate the boundaries of Punjab and Bengal. |
| 7/13/1950 |
Nehru asks Stalin and Acheson to restore peace in Korea. |
| 7/13/1957 |
Behram Navrosji Karanjia, leading merchant and director of various companies, passed away. |
| 7/13/1964 |
Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer (Bengal slow left-arm bowler), was born in Calcutta. |
| 7/13/1974 |
India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley. |
| 7/13/1988 |
Second developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2). This carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Could not be placed in orbit. |
| 7/13/1990 |
Union Ministers Arun Nehru, Arif Mohammed Khan and Satpal Malik submitted their resignation in protest against O.P.Chautala's taking over as CM of Haryana. |
| 7/13/1990 |
Boby Talyarkhan, famous sports critic and author, died. |
| 7/13/1995 |
Devyani Chaubal, film journalist, passed away. |
| 7/13/1997 |
A mob, allegedly of Shiv Sainiks, attacks and ransacks official residences of Congress leaders Chagan Bhujbal and Madhukar Pichad (Assembly). |
| 7/13/1998 |
India and Germany sign an agreement on promoting and protecting investment in Bonn. |
| 7/13/1998 |
The Government is prevented from tabling the Women's Reservation Bill. |
| 7/13/1999 |
Floods claim 15 more lives in Bihar. |
| 7/13/1999 |
Militants attack the residential complex of Border Security Force (BSF) in Madar village near Bandipur and take 12 persons as hostages after killing four. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/12/1993 | Kapil Dev crosses 400 wickets and 5000 runs in test cricket. |
| 4/23/2000 | Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy. |
| 10/16/1905 | Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement. |
| 6/3/1890 | Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, was born. |
| 9/17/1960 | Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries. |
| 3/1/1994 | Manmohan Desai, famous Hindi film maker, passed away. He was 57. |
| 10/3/1913 | Sudangsu Abinash Banerjee, 'Montu', cricketer, (5 wickets, 1 test vs West Indies) was born in Calcutta. |
| 10/10/1957 | Jagdeep', a children's film, won the first prize at the Ninth International Exhibition of Films for Children at Venice. |
| 3/31/1995 | Bombay beat Punjab in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy. |
| 8/19/1993 | Utpal Dutt, famous actor, writer, director and producer, died. He was 64. |
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