13 February in Hindu history

13 February 1879

Sarojini Naidu born at Hyderabad

The poet called the Nightingale of India is born at Hyderabad. She becomes the first Indian woman president of the Congress in 1925.

13 February 1931

New Delhi inaugurated as the capital

Viceroy Irwin inaugurates the new imperial city on Raisina hill, designed by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker, twenty years after the Durbar decision to move the capital.