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13 October

🇮🇳 In India

1240 Razia Sultana, the first female Muslim ruler of the subcontinent, and the only female Muslim ruler of Delhi Sultanate, was defeated by her half-brother and successor Muizuddin Bahram, and killed shortly thereafter.

1542 Mughal emperor Akbar was born in Amarkot, Sindh.

1781 An amistice treaty was signed between the Britishers and ruler of Gwalior, Scindia.

1895 The first Test captain of India's cricket team, C.K. Naidu was born.

1905 Sister Nivedita, Irish teacher, author, social activist, school founder and disciple of Swami Vivekananda, died.

1987 Kishore Kumar, the famous playback singer, died in Bombay.

1999 Atal Bihari Vajpayee took oath as the Prime Minister of India for the third time.

🌎 Elsewhere

0054 Roman emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances. He is succeeded by his adoptive son Nero, rather than by Britannicus, his son with Messalina.

1792 The cornerstone for the White House, the official office and home of every U.S. president and first lady since 1800, was laid

1904 Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams is published.

1925 Margaret Thatcher, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, was born.

1943 Italy declared war on Nazi Germany.

1969 Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 8 is launched.

2006 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to banker Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank for their microlending practises. Grameen Bank is a microfinance organisation and community development bank founded by Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh. It makes small loans to the impoverished without requiring collateral.

2010 After being underground for a record 69 days, all 33 miners trapped in a Copiapo, Chile, mine are rescued.

2016 American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

⭐ Significance

World Sight Day, observed annually on the second Thursday of October, is a global event meant to draw attention on blindness and vision impairment.

The International Day for Disaster Reduction is an international day that encourages every citizen and government to take part in building more disaster-resilient communities and nations.

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