13 November in Hindu history
13 November 178013 November 1804; fort taken 24 December13 November 191313 November 1947
Ranjit Singh born at Gujranwala
Ranjit Singh, son of Maha Singh of the Sukerchakia misl, is born at Gujranwala. Smallpox cost him an eye as a child.
Battle of Deeg
Holkar’s trained infantry and guns stood with the Jats under the walls of Deeg; they lost the battle and then the fort, and the war moved to Bharatpur.
Tagore wins the Nobel Prize for Literature
The Swedish Academy awards Rabindranath Tagore the Nobel Prize for Gitanjali. He is the first Asian Nobel laureate.
Sardar Patel vows to rebuild Somnath
Standing among the ruins at Prabhas Patan, Sardar Patel announces that the temple of Somnath will be rebuilt. K. M. Munshi takes charge of the work.