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5
th
September - Teacher's Day (Dr.
Radhakrishnan's Birth Day). The day is
dedicated to Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan,
the 2
nd
President of India.
7
th
September - Forgiveness Day
8
th
September - International Literacy
Day. It was designated by UNESCO.
Theme: Invent Your Future.
14
th
September Hindi Diwas. It was
celebrated across India for remembering
occasion of adoption of Hindi as official
language in 1949.
14
th
September - World First Aid Day
Theme: First Aid and Road Safety.
16
th
September - World Ozone Day
Theme: A healthy atmosphere, the Future
We Want.
21
st
September - International Day of Peace.
It was celebrated to recognise the efforts of
those who have worked hard to end conflict
and promote peace.
Theme: Education for Peace.
21
st
September - World Alzheimer's Day
Theme: Dementia: a journey of caring.
25
th
September - Social Justice Day
27
th
September - World Tourism Day. It was
celebrated across the world to bring
awareness about the importance of tourism.
Theme: Tourism and Water: Protecting
our Common Future.
28
th
September - World Rabies Day. It was
celebrated across the world to spread the
awareness about Rabies disease.
Theme: Rabies: Understand it to defeat
it.


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29
th
September - World Heart Day. It is organized by
World Heart Federation.
Theme: A life course approach to the prevention
and control of cardiovascular (CVD) with a focus on
women and children because healthy children lead to
healthy adults and healthy adults lead to healthy
families and communities.




1) Thomas Bach elected as the President of
International Olympic Committee.
2) KC Ponnappa took over the Office as Chairman
of Nilgiri Planters' Association.
3) Deepak Sandhu became the First Woman Chief
Information Commissioner on 5
th
September,
2013. She took over from Satyananda Mishra.
4) Poonam Khetrapal Singh Elected Regional
Director for WHO South-East Asia Region
Court.
5) BN Talukdar, Director for exploration in Oil
India Ltd. (OIL) was appointed as the new
Director General of DGH.
6) The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) of
incumbent Prime Minister Hun Sen on 8
th

September, 2013 was reelected to power.
7) Harish Lakshman elected New President of
Automotive Component Manufacturers
Association.
8) Sanjay Govind Dhande appointed as UGC
Member.
9) Ruchira Kamboj appointed the Permanent
Representative of India to UNESCO.
10) Jawaid Akhtar elected as the Chairperson of
International Coffee Council.
11) TV Narendran appointed as the New Managing
Director Tata Steel.
12) Ravindra Kumar elected as the President of the
Indian Newspaper Society (INS).
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13) Ramlubhya appointed as the Rajasthan State
Election Commissioner.
14) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has
appointed Rakesh Sood as his new Special
envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.
15) Ashok Vemuri appointed as the President and
CEO of iGate Corporation.
16) National Spot Exchange on 16
th
September,
2013 appointed Saji Cherian as the new
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
of the company.
17) P. Sudhakar appointed as the CMD of
Electronics Corporation of India Ltd.
18) Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant appointed as the
New Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court.
19) Nancy Gibbs appointed as the Managing Editor
of Time Magazine.
20) Tony Abbott was sworn in as Australia's new
Prime Minister on 18
th
September, 2013 at
Government House in Canberra, Australia.
21) Justice Darmar Murugesan, the former Chief
Justice of Delhi High Court appointed as
member of the National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) on 21
st
September, 2013.
22) Indian cricketer Virat Kohli was appointed as
the brand ambassador of the Border Security
Force (BSF) on 22
nd
September, 2013.
23) Mahindra & Mahindra Limited on 23
rd

September, 2013 appointed Dr Pawan Goenka
as the executive director of the company for
the period of five years.
24) Justice Vangala Eswaraiah appointed as the
Chairperson of National Commission for
Backward Classes (NCBC) on 23
rd
September,
2013.
25) Raghuram Rajan took the charge of the
Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He is
the 23
rd
Governor of RBI and has succeeded
Subbarao in the office.
26) Randall Oliphant appointed on 25
th

September, 2013 as the Chairman of the World
Gold Council (WGC). He was succeeded by Ian
Telfer.
27) The Association of Mutual Funds in India
(AMFI) on 26
th
September, 2013 appointed
Sundeep Sikka, Reliance MF President and
Chief Executive, as its Chairman.
28) Sri Srinivasan sworn in as judge of the US
Courts of Appeal for the District of Columbia
Circuit on 26
th
September, 2013.
29) Ranjib Biswal was on 29
th
September, 2013
appointed as chairman of the IPL during the
AGM of the Board of Control for Cricket in
India (BCCI) at Chennai.
30) N. Srinivasan was on 29
th
September, 2013 re-
elected as the President of BCCI for a third term
at its 84
th
Annual General Meeting (AGM) held
at Chennai.
31) The BJP President, Rajnath Singh
appointed as the BJP Campaign Committee
Chief for the 2014 Lok Sabha Polls on 29
th

September, 2013 in New Delhi.
32) Former Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai on
30
th
September, 2013 was appointed as India's
High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
33) Puneet Talwar appointed as the Assistant
Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs.
34) Syria's Opposition National Council elected
Ahmad Toameh as its Interim Prime Minister.
35) Rahul Dravid named as Brand Ambassador for
National Tobacco Control Campaign.



1) Jacques Rogge of Belgium on 10
th
September,
2013 retired from the post of the President of
International Olympic Committee (IOC).
2) Three expert members- Rajendra Singh, Ravi
Chopra and Rashid Siddiqui resigned from the
National Ganga River Basin Authority
(NGRBA) on 20
th
September, 2013.
3) Yogendra Yadav sacked from University Grants
Commission.





1) Ronald H. Coase, Nobel Prize Winner and
Known Economist, passed away at the age of
102.
2) Ken Norton, the Former Heavyweight
Champion died at the age of 70.
3) Polly Anthony, the Former Epic Records
President died at 59.
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4) A.K.Kutty, Indian Athletics Coach passed away
at 75.
5) Freedom Fighter Ranjit Singh died at the age of
97.
6) Mohan Singh, the Veteran Samajwadi Party
Politician died at 68.
7) Hiroshi Yamauchi, the Third President of
Nintendo, died.
8) Eiji Toyoda, Key Figure in Toyota's Rise, died.
9) World's Oldest Man Salustiano Sanchez-
Blazquez passed away at the age of 112.
10) Ray Dolby, the pioneer of Noise Reduction in
Audio Recordings died.
11) Former BCCI Secretary Jaywant Lele passed
away on 19
th
September, 2013 in Vadodara.
12) Sunila Abeysekera, the Sri Lankan Activist, died
in Columbo at 61.
13) Rochus Misch, the last Bodyguard of Adolf
Hitler died
14) Tommy Morrison, the former Heavy Weight
Champion died.
15) Alvaro Mutis Jaramillo, Colombian Writer died
at 90 on 23
rd
September, 2013.



1) Haraprasad Das was conferred the Moortidevi
Award for 2012 for Vamsha.
2) President of India Pranab Mukherjee
conferred Tagore Award for Cultural
Harmony, 2013 on Maestro Zubin Mehta.
3) President of India presented the National
Awards to Teachers on Teacher's Day.
4) Indian American Kavita Shukla won INDEX
design award for her innovative design,
FreshPaper.
5) Vice President Hamid Ansari Presented Capital
Foundation Awards.
6) British Indian billionaire brothers Srichand
and Gopichand Hinduja won a Lifetime
Achievement Award in Britain.
7) Tigmanshu Dhulia won the best director award
for Paan Singh Tomar movie at the 11th
Norway Bollywood Film Festival at Oslo on 17
th

September, 2013.
8) Malala Yousafzai and Harry Belafonte received
Amnesty International's Ambassador of
Conscience Award for 2013 on 17
th
September,
2013 in Dublin, Ireland.
9) Aamir Khan Selected For a US Award for His TV
Show Satyamev Jayate.
10) Former South African President Nelson
Mandela on 22
nd
September, 2013 presented
with a humanitarian achievement award.
11) Bunker Roy and Malala Yousafzai Selected for
Clinton Global Citizens Awards.
12) Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram
Rajan was awarded with the Fifth Deutsche
Bank Prize for Financial Economics 2013.
13) Navneet Kaur Dhillon won the Multimedia
Award at the Miss World 2013.
14) Bollywood Actor John Abraham was on 16
th

September, 2013 conferred the Pride of the
Nation Award.
15) OASS movie won best film Award at Ladakh
International Film Festival.
16) Eight eminent scientists on 26
th
September,
2013 selected for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
Award for the year 2013.
17) Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani schoolgirl
presented with the 2013 Peter J. Gomes
Humanitarian Award by Harvard University on
27
th
September, 2013.
18) A Senior Indian Journalist, Ravi Shankar
Narsimhan, on 29
th
September, 2013 was
presented with Friendship award by China.
19) Rafiq Kathwari, an Indian-American poet on
29
th
September, 2013 selected for 2013 Patrick
Kavanagh Poetry Award for the collection of his
debut poems.
20) The Minister of State for Commerce and
Industry on 30
th
September, 2013 presented
the Export Promotion Council for EOUs and
SEZs (EPCES) Export Awards.
21) Johnson Sirleaf was conferred with the Indira
Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and
Development 2012. She is the 1
st

democratically elected Liberian President.
22) Malala Yousafzai, Edward Snowden Nominated
for EU's Sakharov Prize on 17
th
September,
2013.
23) University of British Columbia's Faculty of Law
on 25
th
September, 2013 presented Anna
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Hazare with the inaugural of First Ever Allard
Prize for International Integrity.
24) First Sree Narayan Guru Global Secular & Peace
Award 2013 presented to Shashi Tharoor.
25) Jhumpa Lahiri's book the Lowland shortlisted
for Man Booker 2013.
26) NTPC Awarded Indira Gandhi Official
Language Award for Propagation of Rajbhasha
on Hindi Divas.
27) Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar and National
Safety Awards for the Year 2011 presented.
28) Freedom Fighter Jawaharlal Darda conferred
House of Commons Award Posthumously.
29) Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola Won Miss Muslimah
World 2013 Title.
30) National Communal Harmony Award
conferred by The President of India.



1) Tokyo on 7
th
September, 2013 won the right to
host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
2) Venkat Rahul Ragala from Andhra Pradesh on
7
th
September, 2013 won weightlifting gold at
Asian Youth Games in Guangzhou.
3) The International Olympic Committee (IOC)
on 8
th
September, 2013 announced that
wrestling to be the part of Olympics in the
2020 and 2024 Games.
4) Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka to
win 5
th
US Open Title 2013.
5) Cricketers S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan on
13
th
September, 2013 were handed life ban for
IPL spot-fixing by BCCI.
6) The Sports Ministry decided to form a Steering
Committee to manage sports events till the
Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
7) Afghanistan defeated India by 2-0 to lift SAFF
Championship 2013 Trophy.
8) Amit Kumar won silver at World Wrestling
Championship.
9) Bajrang Kumar won Bronze Medal at World
Wrestling Championship.
10) India retained its top position in the latest
One Day International (ODI) rankings which
were released by ICC in Dubai on 17
th

September, 2013.
11) Kolkata's Mohammedan Sporting won the 126
th

Durand Football Tournment as it defeated
ONGC 2-1 in the final in New Delhi on 19
th

September, 2013.
12) Sandeep Tulsi Yadav won Bronze Medal at
Senior World Wrestling Championship.
13) India's Deepika Kumari on 22
nd
September,
2013 settled for a silver medal at the Archery
World Cup in Paris defeating teammate Wu
Yang.
14) Chinese paddler Liu Shiwen on 23
rd
September,
2013 won women's table tennis World Cup after
Vidit Gujrathi won Bronze in World Junior
Chess Championship on 26
th
September, 2013.
15) Sudha Singh of Railways won gold medal in
women's 3000m steeplechase in 53
rd
National
Open Athletics Championship.
16) Sania Mirza and Cara Black of Zimbabwe won
the Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis
Championship Women's Doubles Title at Tokyo
on 28
th
September, 2013.
17) Former Junior World Champion Nikhat
Zareen (54kg) won silver in the World Youth
Boxing Championship held in Albena, Bulgaria
on 28
th
September, 2013.
18) Czech tennis player Petra Kvitova defeated
Germany's Angelique Kerber in the final of the
Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on 28
th
September,
2013.
19) India defeated Malaysia 3-0 to win 3
rd
Under-
21 Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament in
Johor Bahru on 29
th
September, 2013.
20) Swaran Singh Virk led Indian rowers to win the
Gold medal at 15th Asian Senior Rowing
Championship at Luan, China on 29
th

September, 2013.





1) Australia unveiled its most powerful super
computer Raijin in Canberra on 31
st
July,
2013.
2) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
approved the proposal for restructuring of the
Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)
in the 12
th
Plan.
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3) Russia and China held a joint anti-terrorism
military exercise called Peace Mission 2013
from 27
th
July, 2013 to 15
th
August, 2013.
4) Minister of Business, Enterprise and
Cooperatives, Mauritius met with Minister of
State, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
on 2
nd
September, 2013.
5) Rajya Sabha on 2
nd
September,, 2013 passed the
National Food Security Bill 2013, the aim of
which is to provide subsidised foodgrains to
people.
6) Union Defence Minister AK Antony on 2
nd

September,, 2013 formally inducted IAF's
biggest 70- tonne heavy-lift transport aircraft
C-17 Globemaster III into service.
7) Anjana Padmanabhan became the First Winner
of Indian Idol Junior.
8) Raj Kundra wrote a book entitled How Not to
Make Money.
9) Golfer Henrik Stenson won the Deutsche Bank
Title 2013.
10) The Union cabinet of India on 3
rd
September,
2013 approved the India-Abu Dhabi bilateral
air services agreement.
11) Software giant Microsoft Corporation on 3
rd

September, 2013 decided to acquire Nokia's
mobile devices and services.
12) The Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari
released the book titled Ahmev Radha, Ahmev
Krishnah at New Delhi on 4
th
September, 2013.
13) The Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and
Resettlement Bill, 2012 was passed by the Rajya
Sabha on 4
th
September, 2013.
14) Bilateral Currency Swap Arrangements
between India and Japan expanded to 50
billion US dollars.
15) Manmohan Singh released postage stamp in
memory of Lala Jagat Narayan. He was a
freedom fighter and a congress leader.
16) Leaders of the Brics on 5
th
September, 2013
announced to set up a 100 billion US dollar
fund.
17) The UAE Central Bank issued an advisory
regarding the Indian currency to be carried by
those travelling to India.
18) Pension Fund Regulatory and Development
Authority Bill, 2011 passed by Lok Sabh. This
legislation seeks empowerment of PFRDA for
regulation of NPS.
19) The G20 Leaders' Summit took place in St.
Petersburg on 5
th
6
th
September, 2013
presided by Russia.
20) Lok Sabha on 6
th
September, 2013 passed the
Representation of the People (Amendment and
Validation) Bill, 2013.
21) The Lok Sabha on 6
th
September, 2013 passed
the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification)
Amendment Bill, 2013.
22) Lok Sabha, on 6
th
September, 2013, passed the
Prohibition of Employment as Manual
Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill, 2012.
23) The Lok Sabha on 6
th
September, 2013 passed
the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood
and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill, 2012.
24) The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order
(Second Amendment) Bill, 2013 was passed by
the Rajya Sabha on 6
th
September, 2013.
25) The Rajya Sabha passed the Pension Fund
Regulatory and Development Authority
(PFRDA) Bill, 2011 on 6
th
September, 2013.
26) RBI allowed Non-Resident Investors to
purchase shares of Indian entities Under FDI
Scheme. They can buy shares from listed stock
exchanges.
27) The ministry of information and Broadcasting
on 9
th
September, 2013 launched All India
Radio's Free News SMS service.
28) The norms related to Currency Swap Window
were issued by the Reserve Bank of India in
Mumbai. Currency Swap facility will be
available to Scheduled Banks.
29) Russia lifted the ban on import of non-basmati
rice from India on 10
th
September, 2013. It
also lifted the ban on the oilseeds.
30) The National Food Security Bill, 2013 received
the assent of the President of India, Pranab
Mukherjee on 10
th
September, 2013.
31) India's most deterrent nuclear capable ballistic
missile, Agni-5 was successfully test fired from
Chandipur.
32) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
on 12
th
September, 2013 issued the new
Guideline to make Know Your Client
requirements (KYC).
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33) Indian Roller Skater Rohan Kokane entered the
Guinness Book of World Records released on
12
th
September, 2013.
34) The District Court of Saket, on 13
th
September,
2013 pronounced the death penalty to the four
convicts of the 16 December 2012 Delhi
gangrape case.
35) The Voyager-1 spacecraft has become the first
manmade object to leave the Solar System.
Voyager was launched in 1977.
36) The Securities and Exchange Board of India
(Amendment) Bill, 2013 received the assent of
the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on
13
th
September, 2013.
37) The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee gave
assent to the National Highways Authority of
India (Amendment) Bill, 2013.
38) RBI has constituted an expert committee to
examine its Current Monetary Policy
Framework. It will be headed by Dr. Urjit
Patel.
39) Jhumpa Lahiri's book the Lowland shortlisted
for Man Booker 2013.
40) The Union Ministry of Science & Technology and
RIKEN, Japan's research organization has signed
MoU on 14
th
September, 2013.
41) Campbell became the Youngest Pilot to fly
across the World on Single Engine Aircraft.
42) Siddiqa Parveen of India declared the World's
Tallest Woman.
43) Indian-origin American, Nina Davuluri on 15
th

September, 2013 became the First Indian-
Origin Contestant to win the Miss America
pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
44) SEBI Signed MoU with Argentina for
Information Exchange on Securities Markets
on 16
th
September, 2013.
45) The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee
inaugurated the first Engineers Conclave-2013
on 17
th
September, 2013 at Vigyan Bhavan, New
Delhi.
46) The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
started on 17
th
September, 2013 its 68
th
session
at the UN Headquarters in New York.
47) India's software company, Infosys launched
Finacle 11E an advanced universal banking
solution that simplifies banking operations on
18
th
September, 2013.
48) India's Industrialist Ratan Tata on 18
th

September, 2013 nominated as a member of
the board of trustees of the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace.
49) Miss Nigeria, Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola won the
Miss Muslimah World contest which was
organised by the World Muslimah Foundation
in Jakartha on 18
th
September, 2013.
50) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19
th
September,
2013 announced that banks can open their
branches in tier 1 centers without taking its
permission in each case.
51) Diana Nyad, 64, became First Woman to Swim
across Florida Straits without Shark Cage.
52) Swati Dandekar, an Indian-American
announced her candidature for US Congress.
53) Indian Writer Sushmita Banerjee was killed in
Afghanistan.
54) Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 19
th

Meeting of the Governing Council of the
CIRDAP on 30
th
September, 2013 at Vigyan
Bhavan, New Delhi.
55) 7
th
India Russia meeting on trade and
investment was held at St. Petersburg, Russia
on 20
th
September, 2013.
56) RBI on 20
th
September, 2013 increased the
repo rate or the short term lending rate by 25
basis points to 7.5 per cent from 7.25 per cent
with immediate effect.
57) The Bank of Beijing launched China's first
direct bank in Beijing, Xi'an and Jinan.
58) TV Narendran named Tata Steel New Managing
Director.
59) Gujarati movie The Good Road was on 21
st

September, 2013 nominated as India's official
entry to 2014 Oscars in the Best Foreign Film
category.
60) Chancellor Angela Merkel won a third term by
a landslide victory in German elections on 22
nd

September, 2013.
61) The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia celebrated its
83
rd
National Day on 23
rd
September, 2013.
62) Cambodia's Parliament on 23
rd
September,
2013 approved a new five-year term for long-
serving Prime Minister Hun Sen.
63) RBI on 23
rd
September, 2013 announced the
appointment of a Committee on
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Comprehensive Financial Services for Small
Businesses and Low-Income Households.
64) Typhoon Usagi killed several people after
crashing ashore in southern China on 23
rd

September, 2013.
65) Jiyo Parsi Scheme Launched by The
Government of India for containing population
decline of Parsis in India launched on 23
rd

September, 2013 by the Ministry of Minority
Affairs.
66) The Parliament (Prevention of
Disqualification) Amendment Bill, 2013
received the assent of the President of India,
Pranab Mukherjee on 23
rd
September, 2013.
67) The Representation of the People
(Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2013
received the assent of the President of India,
Pranab Mukherjee on 23
rd
September, 2013.
68) The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2013 received
the assent of the President of India, Pranab
Mukherjee on 23
rd
September, 2013.
69) The Egypt Court on 23
rd
September, 2013
banned the Muslim Brotherhood from
carrying out any activities in the country.
70) The Supreme Court of India on 23
rd
September,
2013 held that Aadhaar cards or Unique
Identification number (UID) will not be
mandatory for availing services.
71) The Reserve Bank of India on 24
th
September,
2013 relaxed trade credit norms to raise funds
from abroad.
72) The Finance Minister announced on 25
th

September, 2013 that Manmohan Singh
approved constitution of the 7
th
Central Pay
Commission.
73) TRAI on 25
th
September, 2013 recommended
implementation of full Mobile Number
Portability by the telecom service providers,
within six months.
74) The Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI) on 25
th
September, 2013 imposed a life
ban on former IPL Comissioner Lalit Modi.
75) Reserve Bank of India on 25
th
September, 2013
banned zero per cent interest rate schemes for
purchase of consumer goods.
76) Stephen Lee on 25
th
September, 2013 banned
for 12 years after being found guilty of seven
charges of match-fixing.
77) India and Armenia held their seventh round of
Foreign Office Consultations in New Delhi on
25
th
- 26
th
September, 2013.
78) Historian and author Ramchandra Guha wrote
a book on early years of Mahatma Gandhi.
79) Raghuram Rajan panel submitted report on
Criteria for Special Category Status to
Government.
80) Naval Science and Technological Laboratory
Centre inaugurated in Visakhapatnam.
81) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on 24
th

September, 2013 tied up with Saudi Aramco
and General Electric (GE) to set up the first all-
female BPO in Saudi Arabia.
82) The Union government of India on 26
th

September, 2013 notified GAAR (General Anti
Avoidance Rules).
83) The Department of Posts, Ministry of
Communications and Information Technology
of India allotted Customized Pin Code to the
Supreme Court. The Customized Pin Code of
the Supreme Court is 110 201.
84) India and United States of America (USA)
signed a joint declaration on 27
th
September,
2013 in Defence Cooperation.
85) India beat China in the 8
th
Asia Cup Women
hockey tournament at Kuala Lumpur to win
the Bronze on 27
th
September, 2013.
86) Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency
in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and
Resettlement Bill 2013, received President's
assent on 27
th
September, 2013.
87) United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on
27
th
September, 2013 Voted to Eliminate Syria's
Chemical Weapons.
88) The Union Tourism Minister revealed on 28
th

September, 2013 that the Kanhoji Angre
lighthouse will be the new tourist attraction.
89) Megan Young of Philippines on 28
th

September, 2013 was crowned Miss World
2013 at the Bali Nasa Dua Convention Center in
Bali, Indonesia.
90) Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of
Bhutan visited India Since 30
th
August, 2013 to
4
th
September, 2013.
91) The Commissioner-General of the United
Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA),
Filippo Grandi visited India.
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92) A four-member delegation from the African
Union Commission (AUC) visited India during
4
th
7
th
September, 2013.
93) The President of the Republic of Liberia, Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf paid an official visit to India
since 9
th
- 13
th
September, 2013.
94) External Affairs Minister of India Salman
Khurshid paid an official visit to Kyrgyz
Republic and Uzbekistan.
95) A five-member Pakistani delegation of Indus
Water Commission visited India from 22
nd

25
th
September, 2013.
96) Aga Khan, a Swiss-Born Philanthropist and
Muslim Spiritual Leader visited India.
97) The Minister of Shipping GK Vasan
inaugurated the fifth edition of the India
International Regatta Competition in Chennai
on 30
th
September, 2013.
98) Office of the Registrar General and Census
Commissioner of India on 30
th
September, 2013
released report on families living in slum areas.
99) M. Hamid Ansari released a commemorative
postage stamp in the memory of Baba Jumdev
at a function in Gondia, Maharashtra on 30
th

September, 2013.
100) Dutch Cyclist Sebastiaan Bowier broke World
Land Speed Record.
101) UN-backed Court upheld War Crimes
Convictions of Charles Taylor.




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