| Radiya Sultan, first lady ruler of Delhi throne, passed away in a battle. |
| 13-October-1679 |
| More than 20,000 lives were claimed near Massurla Pattanam city, costal area of South India, in a severe storm. |
| 13-October-1781 |
| A treaty was singed between the Britishers and ruler of Gwalior, Scindia. |
| 13-October-1877 |
| Bhulabhai Desai, politician, was born. |
| 13-October-1905 |
| Sister Nivedita died. |
| 13-October-1911 |
| Ashok Kumar Ganguly, famous film actor, was born. He is the recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. |
| 13-October-1911 |
| Sister Nivedita, follower of Vivekanand, died. |
| 13-October-1967 |
| Vasant Prabhu, famous music director, died. |
| 13-October-1971 |
| Hitesh Modi, cricketer (Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup), was born. |
| 13-October-1978 |
| Maharashtra branch of Forward Block Party merged in Indira Congress. |
| 13-October-1987 |
| Kishore Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, died in Bombay. |
| 13-October-1989 |
| Panchayati Raj and Nagarpalika Bills defeated in Rajya Sabha. |
| 13-October-1991 |
| Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi. |
| 13-October-1991 |
| PM Rao leaves for Harare to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting. |
| 13-October-1991 |
| Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee. |
| 13-October-1998 |
| Salman Khan, Hindi film actor who was arrested on charges of killing protected wild animals near Jodhpur, is remanded to the custody of the Forest department. |
| 13-October-1998 |
| India, Mauritius sign an agreement on civil aviation in New Delhi in the presence of its two Prime Ministers. |
| 13-October-1999 |
| Atal Krishna Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of India. |
| 13-October-1999 |
| Janata Dal (United) snap ties with the BJP in Karnataka. |
| 13-October-1999 |
| No change in portfolios of Advani, Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Fernandes. |
| 13-October-1999 |
| Chandrababu Naidu, TDP leader, said that his party would support the NDA Government unconditionally. |