1913 in India

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3 May- Raja Harischandra, First full-length movie of India released. Beginning of Indian Film Industry.

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.

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).
29 march Bhawani Prasad Mishra – a great poet of Hindi
1 July PP Kumaramangalam, Chief of the Army Staff of Indian Army (08 Jun 1966 to 07 Jun 1969)
27 July Kalpana Dutta Joshi, Freedom Fighter, Communist Movement in India (died 08 Feb 1995 in Calcutta, India).

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