# 2013 in India

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Events in the year 2013 in the Republic of India.

## Incumbents

| Post | Name |
| President | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Vice President | Mohammad Hamid Ansari |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Chief Justice | Altamas Kabir (till 18 July) |
| Chief Justice | P. Sathasivam (starting 19 July) |

### Governors

| Post | Name |
| Andhra Pradesh | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Joginder Jaswant Singh (until 28 May) Nirbhay Sharma (starting 28 May) |
| Assam | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik |
| Bihar | Devanand Konwar (until 22 March) D. Y. Patil (starting 22 March) |
| Chhattisgarh | Shekhar Dutt |
| Goa | Bharat Vir Wanchoo |
| Gujarat | Kamala Beniwal |
| Haryana | Jagannath Pahadia |
| Himachal Pradesh | Urmila Singh |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Narinder Nath Vohra |
| Jharkhand | Syed Ahmed |
| Karnataka | Hansraj Bhardwaj |
| Kerala | Hansraj Bhardwaj (until 22 March) Nikhil Kumar (starting 22 March) |
| Madhya Pradesh | Ram Naresh Yadav |
| Maharashtra | Kateekal Sankaranarayanan |
| Manipur | Gurbachan Jagat (until 22 July) Ashwani Kumar (23 July-31 December) Vinod Duggal (starting 31 December) |
| Meghalaya | Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary (until 30 June) Krishan Kant Paul (starting 30 June) |
| Mizoram | Vakkom Purushothaman |
| Nagaland | Nikhil Kumar (until 21 March) Ashwani Kumar (starting 21 March) |
| Odisha | Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare |
| Punjab | Shivraj Vishwanath Patil |
| Rajasthan | Shivraj Patil (until 12 May) Margaret Alva (starting 12 May) |
| Sikkim | Balmiki Prasad Singh |
| Tamil Nadu | Konijeti Rosaiah |
| Tripura | Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil |
| Uttar Pradesh | Banwari Lal Joshi |
| Uttarakhand | Margaret Alva (until 14 May) Aziz Qureshi (starting 14 May) |
| West Bengal | M.K. Narayanan |

## Events
### January - March

* 3 to 7 January: 100th Indian Science Conference was organised in Kolkata by the Indian Science Congress Association.
* 6 January: India–Pakistan border incidents begin.
* 12 January:Swami Vivekananda's 150th birth anniversary was celebrated.
* 14 January: Kumbh Mela begins in Allahabad.
* 26 January: Republic Day of India, Republic Day Parade was held in New Delhi with Bhutan's king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck as Chief Guest.
* 31 January to 3 February: 7th India Stone Mart 2013, a trade fair to promote the stone industry, was held in Jaipur.
* 12 February: Indian helicopter bribery scandal came to light.
* 15 February: 2012 DA14 asteroid passes by the Earth over eastern Indian Ocean.
* 19 and 20 February: Nano India 2013, a science conference on nanotechnology, was held in Thiruvananthapuram.
* 21 February: Terror attacks on Hyderabad in Dilsukhnagar area. Two separate explosions killed 17 people.
* 26 February: Railway Budget 2013–14 presented by Minister of Railways, Pawan Bansal.
* 28 February: 2013 Union budget of India presented by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
* 8 March: Anti-Sri Lanka protests by Students Federation for Freedom of Tamil Eelam in Tamil Nadu started.
* 10 March: Kumbh Mela ends. An estimated 120 million pilgrims attended the festival.
* 13 March: Hizbul Mujahideen's attacks on Central Reserve Police Force at Bemina in Srinagar.
* 19 March: Lok Sabha passes the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013.
* 20 March: BrahMos missile was test fired at Visakhapatnam.
* 21 March: Rajya Sabha passes the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013.
* 27 March: Tamil Nadu Assembly Resolution on Sri Lanka for formation of Tamil Eelam and demands to the Centre to stop treating Sri Lanka as friendly nation.

### April - June

* 2 April: President Pranab Mukherjee signed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013.
* 15 April: Daulat Beg Oldi conflict between Indian and Chinese army patrols began.
* 8 May:Siddaramaih lead congress grabs a clear majority in Karnataka Legislative assembly winning 122 seats from total 224 seats. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/victory-in-karnataka-a-morale-booster-for-congress/article4695816.ece
* 10 May: Two Cabinet ministers, Ashwani Kumar and Pawan Bansal, resign after bribery allegations.
* 16 June - Janata Dal (United) quits from National Democratic Alliance led by Bharatiya Janata Party after seventeen years of association.
* 20 and 21 June - Operation Amla, a terrorist-attack drill/mockup takes place in Tamil Nadu.
* Mid-June onwards: Flash floods in North India.

### July - September

* 14 July: India shuts down its public telegram service.
* 15 August: 67th Independence Day of India
* 26 August: Lok Sabha passes the National Food Security Bill, 2013
* 28 August: The Indian rupee hits a 20 years record low of 68.8450 against the US dollar.
* 2 September: Rajya Sabha passes the National Food Security Bill, 2013
* 4 September: Raghuram Rajan took over as the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
* 13 September: Narendra Modi declared Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate for 2014 Indian general election.
* 13 September: The sentences for convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang rape case was announced.
* 30 September: Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav convicted in the Fodder scam case.

### October - December

* 12 October: Cyclone Phailin makes landfall in Odisha.
* 2–3 November: Diwali.
* 5 November: The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), was successfully launched into low Earth orbit by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
* 14 November: Sachin Tendulkar retired from International Cricket.
* 19 November 2013: Bharatiya Mahila Bank, India's first all-women commercial bank, starts its operations.
* 9 December: The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 came into effect after being approved by Ministry of Women and Child Development.
* 11 December: Supreme Court of India reinstated same-sex relationships as an offence under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.
* 12 December: Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade was arrested in New York, triggering a diplomatic row between India and the US.
* 18 December: The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2013 was passed by the Rajya Sabha.

### Others

* National income - ₹112,335,216 million
* Summer: Droughts in Maharashtra surpasses the previous worst famine record of 1972. The droughts were caused by low rainfall in June to October 2012.
* January–March: The Indian economy grew at a rate of 4.8% in the January–March quarter of the 2012–13 fiscal year.
* April–June: The GDP showed a 4.4% growth in the first quarter of the 2013–2014 fiscal year.
* July–September: The GDP grew at 4.8% in the second quarter of the 2013–2014 fiscal year.

## Transport and infrastructure
### January

* Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport20 January: A new airport terminal was inaugurated by the President Pranab Mukherjee at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata

### July

* Mumbai Monorail has test journeys between Wadala and Chembur.

### November

* Larsen and Toubro began laying tracks for the Hyderabad Metro rail.
* 14 November: Rapid Metro Gurgaon has started its operation.

### December

* Land acquisition for Hyderabad Metro completed.

## Cinema

* 3 May: Indian cinema completes 100 years. The first Indian silent film Raja Harishchandra was released in 1913.

### Tollywood
## Sports
### January

* 2013 Aircel Chennai Open from 31 December 2012 to 6 January 2013.
* 3 January : First professional cricket match in the year 2013 and the 2nd ODI against Pakistan was played in the Eden Gardens, Kolkata in which India was defeated.
* 18-29 January:2013 Lusophony Games to be held in Margao, Goa.
* 31 January: 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup begin in Mumbai.

### February

* 14–21 February: 2013 South Asian Games in Delhi.
* 17 February: 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup finals.
* 18–24 February: 2013 World Hockey League Round 2 Men (Delhi leg) and 2013 World Hockey League Round 2 Women (Delhi leg).

### April

* 2 April: 2013 Indian Premier League opening ceremony was held at Salt Lake Stadium or Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.
* 3 April: 2013 Indian Premier League season begin.

### May

* 26 May: 2013 Indian Premier League finals. Mumbai Indians won the series in 6th season of IPL by defeating Chennai SuperKings.

### June

* 23 June - India win the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy by defeating hosts England in the finals.

### July

* 3–7 July: 2013 Asian Athletics Championship continental tournament, winner China with 15 gold medals.

### September

* 29 September: India beat Malaysia 3–0 to win Sultan of Johor Cup (Under 21).

### October

* 27 October: 2013 Indian Grand Prix at Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida.

### November

* 6 – 26 November: World Chess Championship 2013 to be held in Chennai.

### December

* 1–14 December: 2013 Kabaddi World Cup was to be held in India. Host city is Bathinda.
* 6–15 December: 2013 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup held in New Delhi, India.

### Unknown

* 2012–13 I-League end date.
* 2013 Federation Cup held in Srinagar, Kashmir.
* 2013–14 I-League begin date.

## Publications

* “Body Offering” by Makarand Paranjape
* “Kalahandi” by Tapan Kumar Pradhan
* “The Accidental Apprentice” by Vikas Swarup
* “The Oath of the Vayuputras” by Amish Tripathi
* “Tiger by the Trail” by Venita Coelho

## Deaths
### January

* 3 January – M. S. Gopalakrishnan, violinist.
* 3 January – Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao, archaeologist.
* 3 January – Sekhar Sinha, cricketer, cancer.
* 4 January – Salik Lucknawi, Urdu poet.
* 5 January – Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Indian actor.
* 5 January – K. B. Mallappa, Indian politician, MLA for Arkalgud in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly (1977–1989).

### March

* 11 March – Teja Narla, Indian child actor (born 1996)
* 11 March – Sripada Pinakapani, Carnatic Vocalist (born 3 August 1913) .

### April

* 14 April – P. B. Sreenivas, Telugu Legendary singer
* 21 April – Shakuntala Devi, Great Mathematician
* 23 April – Shamshad Begum, Pioneering playback singer (Born 1919)
* 22 April – JS Verma – 27th Chief Justice of India

### May

* 30 May – Rituparno Ghosh, Renowned Bengali Director
* 31 May – Abir Goswami, actor

### June

* 3 June – Jiah Khan, actress
* 20 June – Dicky Rutnagur, journalist (born 1931)
* 22 June – Soccor Velho, footballer (born 1983)

### July

* 4 July - Satish Tare, Marathi actor
* 12 July – Pran, Actor (born 1920)
* 18 July - Vaali, Writer and poet (born 1931)
* 28 July- Jagdish Raj, actor

### October

* 9 October – Srihari, Actor (Born on 15 August 1964)
* Manna Dey24 October – Manna Dey, Legendary Singer (b.1919)
* 28 October – Rajendra Yadav, Writer (Born on 28 August 1929)

### November

* 10 November – Vijaydan Detha, Writer (Born on 1 September 1926)
* 17 November – Om Prakash Valmiki, Writer (Born on 30 June 1950)

### December

* 27 December – Farooq Sheikh, actor (born 25 March 1948)