January13

Sir Michael O'Dwyer, ex-governor of Punjab, murdered by an Indian in London.

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

V.R. Nedunchezhiyan, (79), former Tamil Nadu Finance Minister and AIADMK chairman, died in Chennai after a heart attack.

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

Satya Pal Gupta, educationist, was born at Aligarh.

D. B. Pat, veteran leader OF 'Shetkari Kamgar Party', was born.

Shivkumar Sharma, famous Santoor player, was born.

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

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

Chandrika Premji Keniya, social worker, was born.

200 die in Hindu-Muslim riot in Calcutta.

Opening of the Lloyd Barrage or Sukkur Dam, the world's largest irrigation project.

Samachar Bharti inaugurated in New Delhi.

Bahadhur Shah I defeated his brother Kam Bakhsh at Hydrabad as the Mughal Emperor consolidated his position.

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.

The 14th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica, consisting of 63 members under the leadership of Dr. S.D.Sharma (Scientist, NPL), reaches Antarctica.

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

S. Raman and Moum Das lift singles title in the National table tennis championship in Lucknow.

Marathas defeated Britishers in battle of Vadgaon.

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

Saraswatibai, famous music expert and classical singer, passed away.

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