Today in History

Today in History 13 June

323 - Alexander the Great, the young Macedonian military genius who forged
an empire stretching from the eastern Mediterranean to India, died in Babylon,
at the age of 33.
1290 - Jalalud-din Firuz Khalji established the Khalji dynasty at Delhi.
1290 - Firuz Shah captured the throne of Delhi and Sultan Jalalud-din Khalji
called himself.
1731 - Swedish East India Company was formed. For 15 years King Fredrick of
Sweden gave the Company a charter.
1757 - Clive marched to Murshidabad against Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah along
with the force comprising of 1800 British and 2000 Indian soldiers with eight
canons.
1918 - Foundation stone was liad of Sir Kawasjee Jahangir Public Hall in
Mumbai.
1931 - Gandhi lived in a garret amongst the poor in London.
1932 - Nirmalchandra Sen, great revolutionary, died.
1940 - Revolutionary leader Udham Singh was hanged for charges of
assassinating Micheal Odair, who was the Governor General of Punjab at the
time of Jalianwala Baug massacre.
1943 - Netaji Subhashchandra Bose started his journey from Germany to Tokyo
by a submarine.