1913 in India

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Events in the year 1913 in India.

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – George V

Events

• 6 November - Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.
• Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), Bengali poet, got the Nobel Prize in Literature for his book of lyrics called Gitanjali translated into English by himself.

Births

• 5 March - Gangubai Hangal, Indian singer of the khyal genre of Hindustani classical music (died July y 25, 2009).
• 1 May- Balraj Sahni, Indian actor (died 13 April 1973)
• Bhagwan Dada, actor and film director (died 2002).
• Attia Hosain, writer, feminist and broadcaster (died 1998).
• Chandrakant Mandare, actor and artist (died 2001).

Deaths

• Devaki Nandan Khatri, first author of mystery novels in Hindi (born 1861).