13 September - India on this day15 events
Pakistanis bomb Bombay.
An attempt to hijack a Coimbatore-Bangalore-Madras Indian Airlines flight IC 534 to Sri Lanka.
Churchil Alemao, former Goa CM, who was wanted under COFEPOSA, surrenders to the police in Panaji.
Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement.
Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India.
Central Government withdraws the ban on use of non-iodised salt despite protests from the medical community and several state governments.
Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand is appointed Chief Justice of India.
Jamshedji Bomanji H. Wadia, director and producer, was born. His first film was 'Toofan Mail' (1932).
Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of 'Prarthana Samaj', passed away.
Shridhar Pathak, prominent Hindi writer, passed away.
Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites.
Surendra Kumar Dey, social reformer and politician, was born at Sylhet (Bangladesh).
Union government decides to form a National Human Rights Commission.