This Day in History on 13th May
The historical events hold a lot of value for aspirants who are sitting for UPSC competitive exams including the IAS Exam.
On this page, we will list all historical events that occurred on the 13th of May. The students can refer to them while preparing for all competitive exams and banking exams.
Important Days
- Rotuma Day (Rotuma)
Important Events
1648: Construction of the Red Fort at Dehli was completed.
1791: Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
1880: Thomas Alva Edison tested the electric train at Menlo Park, New Jersey.
1939: The first commercial FM radio station in the United States launched.
1949: Maharashtra Granthalay Sangh was established.
1952: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry.
1950: The first race of the Formula One World Championship took place at Silverstone.
1952: The first session of the Rajya Sabha of India convened.
1953: The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin.
1956: Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.
1962: Bharat Ratna, India’s highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963).
1962: Dr Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President.
1962: Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967.
1962: Dr Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67).
1967: Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President.
1967: Dr Zakhir Hussain became the 3rd President of India. He was the first Muslim President of the Indian Union. He held this position till August 24, 1969.
1970: Choreographer Sitaradevi set a world record for dancing for 11 hours and 45 minutes at the Birla Matoshri Hall in Mumbai.
1971: General Insurance nationalised.
1994: Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament.
1995: Alison Hargreaves became the first woman to climb Mount Everest without the help of Oxygen or Sherpa.
1997: Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.
1998: India carried out two nuclear weapons tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11.
2000: Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ”voice our choices and opinions” is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia.
2000: A bill to restructure Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh to form Uttaranchal, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh, respectively, was approved by the Union Cabinet.
Birthday / Anniversary
1857: Sir Ronald Ross, bacteriologist, a member of the Indian Medical service, Nobel awardee and editor of ‘Science Progress’, was born at Almora, UP.
1883: Henk JFM Sneevliet, leader RSAP/editor Spartacus (Dutch-Indies), was born.
1905: Fakruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth President of India, was born in Delhi.
1916: Vasudev Mahadev Salgaonkar, the great Industrialist, was born.
1916: Sachidananda Routray, Indian Oriya-language poet (d. 2004)
1918: Tanjore Balasaraswati, Indian dancer and instructor (d. 1984)
1923: Moinul Haque Choudhury, the social reformer and politician, was born at Sonabarighat (Assam).
1951: Anand Modak, Indian composer and director (d. 2014)
1956: Shri Shri Ravi Shankar, an Indian spiritual leader.
1969: Asaduddin Owaisi, an Indian politician, is the President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).
1979: Amruta Subhash, an Indian actress.
1984: Benny Dayal, Indian singer
Death / Death Anniversary
1903: Apolinario Mabini, the first Prime Minister of the Philippines.
1947: Sukanta Bhattacharya, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1926)
2001: R. K. Narayan, an Indian writer.
2013: Jagdish Mali, Indian photographer (b. 1954)