Year 1781
William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
MARCH 13
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13 March: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 13 March.
Year 1772
Warren Hastings was appointed to be Governor of Calcutta.
Year 1897
Establishment of the University of San Diego.
Year 1910
Vinayak Savarkar got arrested on his way to London from Paris.
Year 1940
Udham Singh assassinated Punjab Governor Michael O’Dwyer.
Year 1997
Sister Nirmala was chosen to succeed Mother Teresa.
Born 1899
Dr. Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, the first elected Chief Minister of the erstwhile Hyderabad State.
Born 1913
Freedom Fighter Dattaji Tamhane was born
Born 1980
Varun Gandhi, an Indian politician.
Born 1978
Kalvakuntla Kavitha, the first woman parliamentarian from Telangana.
Died 1901
Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the United States.
Died 1914
Hakeem Noor-ud-Din, first caliph and leader of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
Died 1958
Vallathol Narayana Menon, a poet in the Malayalam language.
Died 1996
Emilie Schenkl, the wife of Subhas Chandra Bose.
Died 2004
Ustad Vilayat Khan, an Indian classical sitar player.
Died 2008
Dashrath Pujari, Marathi Musician