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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Today Importance - 13th September

13-September-1500

Portuguese merchant Pedro Alvares arrived in Calicut and established the first European factory in India.

13-September-1893

Mom Parmanand, one of the originators behind 'Prarthana Samaj' died.

13 September 1901

Jamsetji Bomanji H Wadia, director and producer, is born. His most memorable film was 'Toofan Mail' (1932).

13 September 1906

Surendra Kumar Dey, social reformer and politician, born in Sylhet (Bangladesh).

13-September-1928

Noted Hindi writer Shridhar Pathak passed away.

13-September-1948

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel took police action against Hyderabad for the anti-national policies of the Nizam of Hyderabad and Rizvi Bazaar.

13 September 1965

Pakistanis bombed Bombay.

13 September 1984

Swami Brahmadanda died. He founded Brahmadanda Inter College (1938), Brahmadanda Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmadanda Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in the Salt Satyagraha, Non-Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement.

13 September 1990

An attempt was made to hijack Coimbatore-Bangalore-Madras Indian Airlines flight IC 534 in Sri Lanka.

13 September 1991

Former Goa Chief Minister Churchill Alemao, wanted under COFEPOSA, surrendered before the police in Panaji.

13 September 1992

The Central Government has decided to constitute the National Human Rights Commission.

13 September 1996

Lokpal Bill was presented in the Lok Sabha.

13-September-1997

Grieving India buried Mother Teresa in a state funeral with religious rites and pomp and pageantry in Calcutta.

13-September-1997

India defeated Maldives in the SAFF football final in Kathmandu.

13-September-1998

Dr. Justice Adarsh Sen Anand has been appointed as the Chief Justice of India.

13-September-2000

Despite opposition from the medical community and several state governments, the central government has lifted the ban on the use of non-iodized salt.