India defeated Nepal to lift Under-16 SAFF Football Title 2013 Amjad Ali Khan to get 21st Rajiv

Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award Jagdish Raj, the Most Type-Cast Actor of Bollywood Died at 85 New Prince of Britain, the Royal Baby, Named George Alexander Louis Arun Nehru, the Former Union Minister and Close Aide of Rajiv Gandhi, Died at 69 INSAT-3D, the Advanced Meteorological Satellite of India Launched Successfully Jhumpa Lahiri featured for Man Booker Prize 2013 High Court of Mumbai charged Salman Khan with Culpable Homicide, not amounting to Murder in the September 2002, hit-and-run case. Manjula Vijayakumar, the South Indian Actress died at the Age of 59 Shane Warne, the Spin Legend Retired from All Forms of Cricket

Devendra Jhajharia won Gold at IPC Athletics World Championships

Martina Hingis inducted in Tennis Hall of Fame 32 Year old Swiss tennis legend Martina Hingis was inducted in Tennis Hall of Fame on 13 July 2013.

L Brojeshori Devi, the Olympian Judo Player Passed Away at 32 India finished at fourth Position in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Rimil Biruly won Gold Medal in Archery India on 21 July 2013 bagged a Gold medal in the Women's Recurve Team event at Colombia. Serena Williams won Swedish Open title by defeating Johanna Larsson

Former Union Minister Khurshed Alam Khan died Shane Warne inducted into ICC Hall of Fame at Lord's

Nelson Mandela International Day observed on 18 July

Bengaluru International Airport Renamed as Kempegowda International Airport

Government made Photo Identity Mandatory for Purchase of Acid Neptunes 14th moon discovered by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope

Abhijeet Gupta won Commonwealth Chess Championship

Hemant Soren sworn in as Ninth Chief Minister of Jharkhand

Veteran actor Pran died due to prolonged Illness

Malala Day observed across the World on 12 July

India won West Indies Tri-Nation Series Final by defeating Sri Lanka

Zubin Mehta named for Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony 2013

Lt Gen (Retd) AK Singh, on 8 July 2013 took over as the new Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Hazem El-Beblawi named as new Prime Minister of Egypt

Former Delhi police Chief, KK Paul on 8 July 2013 took over as the new Governor of Meghalaya. Wimbledon 2013:Marion Bartoli of France lifted Women's Singles title

Vidya Balan got the Best Actress Award at IIFA 2013

Douglas Engelbart, the U.S. inventor who was known as the father of the computer mouse died on 3 July 2013 at age of 88. Vandana Gandhi became the first ever Indian woman to receive Dubai Government's coveted Emirates Woman Award for business excellence in June 2013.

Najeeb Jung, the vice chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University on 1 July 2013 appointed as the 20th Lt Governor of Delhi.

Bayern Munich defeated Chelsea in the final at the Eden stadium in Prague on 30 August 2013 to win UEFA Super Cup 2013 Nobel Literature Laureate Seamus Heaney died GSAT-7, the first Indian defence satellite was launched by the European Arianespaces Ariane 5 Rocket from the Kourou Spaceport of French Guiana. Yasin Bhatkal, the co-founder of the Indian Mujahideen (IM), was arrested from the India-Nepal border in Bihars Raxaul town on 29 August 2013. National Sports Day was observed across the country on 29 August 2013 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Indian hockey legend Dhyan Chand. The former South African President Nelson Mandela on 27 August 2013 won the inaugural Mahathir Award for Global Peace Malala Yousafzai on 27 August 2013 won 2013 International Childrens Peace Prize England cricket team won Ashes Test Series-2013 by 3-0 against Australia on 25 August 2013 at England. Indias under-23 cricket team won the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup in Singapore on 25 August 2013. Lok Sabha passed the National Food Security Bill. The Bill now needs to be passed by the Rajya Sabha along with the Presidents assent to become a law. Indian tennis player Sania Mirza lifted the womens doubles trophy at the WTA New Haven Open along with partner Jie Zheng. India bagged a Gold medal in the Archery World Cup Stage 4 competition in Wroclaw, Poland on 25 August 2013. Bollywood actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan joined the campaign The World Needs More The 19th Delhi Book Fair started off on 23 August 2013 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The theme of the 19th Delhi Book Fair is Libraries and Readership. Kush Kumar of India won gold in mens singles Squash at the second Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China. Usain Bolt of Jamaica equalled the world record of highest golds after winning the 4x100m relay at the World Athletics Championships.

Scientists of Smithsonian Institution of US have announced a rare discovery of a new species of mammal called the Olinguito on 15 August 2013. Harshwanti Bisht was selected to receive the Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal Usain Bolt won the 200-metre sprint at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow on 17 August 2013 Rafael Nadal of Spain defeated Canada's Milos Raonic 6-2 6-2 in the final of the men's Rogers Cup on 11 August 2013 in Montreal, Canada. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita won Mali's Presidential elections on 12 August 2013 Indian player Sowjanya Bavisetti has won 10000 dollar the Internalional Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Tennis Tournament... India's shuttler P V Sindhu has settled for a bronze medal in womens singles category at the BWF World Championships 2013 International Youth Day is an awareness day designated by the United Nations to be observed on 12th August every year. 13 August was designated as the International Lefthanders Day by The Left-Handers Club. First annual event was observed on 13 August 1992. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won the 100 metre sprint title at the 14th IAAF World Championships 2013, Moscow on 11 August 2013. India on 12 August 2013 launched its first ever indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant in Kochi Sagarika Ghosh on 11 August 2013 won the Cadet Girls singles title India on 12 August 2013 successfully test-fired indigenously-developed nuclear-capable surface-tosurface Prithvi-II missile Serena Williams defeated Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-2 6-0 in the final match of women's Rogers Cup on 11 August 2013. India on 7 August 2013 successfully test-fired two rounds of indigenously developed Pinaka rockets from a MBRL Raghuram Govind Rajan was on 6 August 2013, appointed as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a time period of three years. Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi of India won the Denmark's Politiken Cup at Copenhagen, Denmark. He secured 9 out of the total possible 10 points. Indian Junior Women Hockey team won its first ever Bronze medal in ERGO Hockey Junior World Cup at Monchengladbac, Germany on 4 August 2013. Hassan Rohani took oath to the office of the Irans President on 4 August 2013. He succeeded Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the President.

Dadra and Nagar Haveli celebrated its 60th Liberation Day on 2 August 2013. It was liberated from the Portuguese rule. INSAT-3D, which was launched on 26 July 2013 from Kourou, French Guyana, was successfully placed in geosynchronous orbit. Congress and the UPA have unanimously decided to create a separate Telangana State carving out from Andhra Pradesh on 30 July 2013. Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of Bhutan visited India Since August 30 August 2013 to 4 September 2013 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 8 September 2013 announced that wrestling to be the part of Olympics in the 2020 and 2024 Games. Australian Liberal Party on 8 September 2013 won the 44th Parliamentary elections. The ruling Cambodian Peoples Party (CPP) of incumbent Prime Minister Hun Sen on 8 September 2013 was reelected to power... Serena Williams won US Open by defeating Azarenka during the women's singles final. Pair of Paes and Stepanek won the Mens Doubles at US Open.

International Literacy Day was held on 8 September 2013. International Literacy Day was designated by UNESCO Tokyo on 7 September 2013 won the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games President of India Pranab Mukherjee conferred Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony, 2013 on Maestro Zubin Mehta Software giant Microsoft Corporation on 3 September 2013 decided to acquire Nokias mobile devices and services. Indias advanced multi-band communication satellite GSAT-7 was successfully placed in the Geosynchronous Orbit on 3 September 2013. Rajya Sabha on 2 September 2013 passed the National Food Security Bill 2013, the aim of which is to provide subsidised foodgrains to people. India retained their top position in the ICC ODI team rankings table in the latest list issued on 1 September 2013 India's Bhuvana Kalva won her maiden 10000 US dollars ITF women singles title on 31 August 2013