On 13 September in South Asian history

ON 13 SEPTEMBER IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY

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Updated on September 13, 2019

1500 : Pedro Alvarez Cabral, a Portuguese explorer and navigator arrived in Calicut and opened the first European factory in India
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/13th-september-1500-portuguese-explorer-pedro-alvarez-cabral-lands-in-calicut-and-opens-the-first-european-factory-in-india
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_%C3%81lvares_Cabral

1910: Death of Rajanikanta Sen, Bangladeshi poet and composer, born on July 28, 1865
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajanikanta_Sen
http://radhikaranjanmarxist.blogspot.fr/2009/07/bangladesh-poetrajanikanta-sen.html

1929: Death after a long hunger strike of Jatindra Nath Das, Indian freedom fighter and activist, born on October 27, 1904
http://www.indianpost.com/viewstamp.php/Color/Suede%20Gray/Currency/P/JATINDRA%20NATH%20DAS

1948: Indian Government troops enter in the Hyderabad State
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_integration_of_Hyderabad#Indian_military_preparations
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hyderabad-indian-army-telangana-police-action-independent-india/1/309167.html

1973: Death of Sajjad Zaheer, Urdu writer and revolutionary, born on November 5, 1905
http://www.londonfictions.com/sajjad-zaheer-a-night-in-london.html

1973: Birth of Mahima Chaudhry, Indian actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahima_Chaudhry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIGdPy5YgeQ

1997: Mother Teresa’s State Funeral in Calcutta
http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/India-Mother-Teresa-s-funeral/5ee1fbe8586552dbc5c6ec44a0dbce41?query=CELEBRITY%2BNEWS%26current=1%26orderBy=Relevance%26hits=1%26referrer=search%26search=/search%253Fquery%253DCELEBRITY%252520NEWS%2526allFilters%253DHillary%252520Clinton:People%252CRoyalty:Subject%252CAngelo%252520Sodano:People%26allFilters=Hillary%2BClinton:People%252CRoyalty:Subject%252CAngelo%2BSodano:People%26productType=IncludedProducts%26page=1%26b=dbce41

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2BlYveUPns

2008: Five bombs have ripped through busy shopping areas of India’s capital, Delhi, within minutes of each other, killing at least 20 people
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7614280.stm

2010: Police shoot dead 18 civilians in the deadliest day in Indian-administered Kashmir since protests erupted three months ago
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11280132

2011: Taliban gunmen launch attacks in Kabul, targeting NATO’s headquarters, the US embassy and the Afghan intelligence agency. Gunfire and blasts engulf the most heavily protected part of the Afghan capital
http://www.france24.com/en/20110913-afghanistan-taliban-lays-seige-kabul-us-embassy-district-explosions-gunfire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14897358
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/09/20119139512498402.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/09/201191435357758832.html

2013: India’s main opposition named hardline Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate for next year’s elections
http://dawn.com/news/1042625/indias-modi-nominated-as-bjps-candidate-for-pm