13th December – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

What Happened Today In History? 

Find out what happened on 13th December in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred 13th December

Daggubati Venkatesh (Telugu: దగ్గుబాటి వెంకటేష్) is an Indian film actor who stars in Tollywood films. He is often credited as Victory Venkatesh in films and is one of the lead actors in Telugu Cinema. He has won seven Nandi Awards and four Filmfare Awards South. Venkatesh was born to prolific film producer and former MP, Dr. Ramanaidu Daggubati and Rajeshwari in Chennai.
Lakshmi Narayan   is an Indian National Film Award winning actress known for her works in South Indian Cinema. Lakshmi has acted in more than 300 films in all south Indian languages apart from few in Bollywood.
Ajay Ratra  pronunciation  is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. Ratra was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. When Ratra made an innings of 115 not out in 2002 against the West Indies,

Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar  is an Indian politician and is the current Chief Minister of the state of Goa, from 9 March 2012. He completed his secondary education in Marathi and went on to graduate in metallurgical engineering from IIT Bombay in 1978.
Jassi Sidhu (b.1978, Birmingham, West Midlands, England) is a Bhangra singer and the former lead singer of British Indian bhangra band B21. He split from the group, declaring that they would “never, ever reconcile” and that “(B21 was) nothing more than a glorified mime act”, quoting differences between himself and Bally Jagpal.

Death anniversaries on 13th December :

Smita Patil  was an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. Regarded among the finest stage  and film actresses of her times, Patil appeared in over 75 Hindi and Marathi films in a career that spanned just over a decade
Sir Benegal Rama Rau, CIE, ICS (1 July 1889 – 13 December 1969) was the fourth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1 July 1949 to 14 January 1957. He was educated at Presidency College, Madras, and at Kings College, Cambridge. Joining the Indian Civil Service in 1919
Robert Edward Osborne-Smith (18 July 1908–13 December 1972) was a Jersey born Indian cricketer. He played one first-class cricket match for the Indian Army against Northern India in the 1934/35 Ranji Trophy. He had earlier played twice for the Egypt national cricket team against HM Martineau’s XI, and later played for the British Army
Admiral Sir George Augustus Elliot KCB   was  a British flag officer and politician. He was born in Calcutta, the son of Admiral Sir George Elliot. He entered the navy in November 1827, and was made lieutenant on 12 November 1834. Until 1837 he served aboard HMS Astraea along with Lord
General George Nicolas Channer    was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Born at Allahabad, India, on 7 January 1842

Notable Events:

1772  Narayan Rao became the Peshwa at Satara
1899  Pandurang Satu Naik, famous film photographer of Indian film industry, was born
1902  Ilachandra Joshi, famous Hindi novelist, story writer, critic and journalist, was born
1974  Nicholas Raerich, great philosopher, master-artist, prolific writer, scientist, educator, designer, poet, humanitarian, explorer, leader and social worker, died at Naggar, Kulu

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