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India in 1913

Historical records for India in 1913, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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Historical records

May

19 May 1913Birth of Neelam ReddyNeelam Sanjiva Reddy

Government / Government of India

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy is born and later becomes the sixth President of India.

November

November 1913Arrest of Mohandas Karamchand GandhiMohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Natal · Politics / PRM

Arrested & jailed in Natal, an act which provokes riots

December

10 December 1913Nobel Prize in LiteratureRabindranath Tagore

Stockholm · Arts / Literature

Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for sensitive and beautiful verse expressed through his own English translations.

Other Events

1913Nobel PrizeRabindranath Tagore

Arts / Literature

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1st Asian to be awarded the prize

Names involved

Mohandas Karamchand GandhiNeelam Sanjiva ReddyRabindranath Tagore

Places involved

NatalStockholm

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.