July13

A mob, allegedly of Shiv Sainiks, attacks and ransacks official residences of Congress leaders Chagan Bhujbal and Madhukar Pichad (Assembly).

Militants attack the residential complex of Border Security Force (BSF) in Madar village near Bandipur and take 12 persons as hostages after killing four.

Premnath Bazaz, famous Kashmir freedom fighter, was born.

Hari Vishnu Kamat, great politician, was born.

Shriman Narayan, educationist, administrator and diplomat, was born in Etawah, U.P.

Tulsi Prasad Khaitan, great industrialist, was born in Chandi village, Bihar .

Ramkrishna Bakre (Tatya), veteran journalist and music critic, was born.

Behram Navrosji Karanjia, leading merchant and director of various companies, passed away.

Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer (Bengal slow left-arm bowler), was born in Calcutta.

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.

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.

Nehru asks Stalin and Acheson to restore peace in Korea.

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.

India and Germany sign an agreement on promoting and protecting investment in Bonn.

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.

India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley.

Devyani Chaubal, film journalist, passed away.

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.

Baji Prabhu Deshpande, one of the warriors in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's kingdom, died.

Boby Talyarkhan, famous sports critic and author, died.

Floods claim 15 more lives in Bihar.

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.

The Government is prevented from tabling the Women's Reservation Bill.