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Historical Event on 2/13/1713
Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/24/1899 | Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first chief minister of Rajasthan state, was born at Jobner, Jaipur District. |
| 1/6/1847 | Saint Tyagaraja, great musician, died. |
| 3/22/1963 | World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways. |
| 6/7/1999 | Supreme Court, through an interim order, stayed the execution of the four accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case till July 19, 1999. |
| 9/24/1873 | Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'. |
| 7/9/1938 | Sanjeev Kumar, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 5/20/1965 | Under the leadership of Commander M. S. Kohli, Indian Trackers concurred Mount Everest. Captain A. S. Chima and Sherpa Nawang Gombu were the first to reach the summit. |
| 7/31/1993 | Transport operators begin nation-wide strike. |
| 7/1/1952 | Olympic Games open at Helsinki. |
| 7/29/1994 | Indian army kills 27 Muslem militants. |
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