13 March - India Post issued a stamp on Rashtriya Indian Military College in 1997

 

The Rashtriya Indian Military College (abbreviated RIMC; formerly known as Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College) is a military school for boys and girls situated in Doon Valley, Dehradun in India. The RIMC is a feeder institution for the National Defence Academy, Indian Naval Academy and subsequently the Indian Armed Forces. Rimcollians, the name by which alumni of the RIMC are usually denoted, have gone on to hold the highest ranks in the Army, Navy and the Air Force of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

India Post issued a stamp on Rashtriya Indian Military College on 13 March 1997.

13 March - Udham Singh shot and killed Michael O’Dwyer in Britain in 1940

 

13 March 1940, Udham Singh shot and killed Michael O’Dwyer in Britain

On 13 March 1940 Indian Revolutionary Udham Singh dressed like a perfect English gentleman shot Michael O’dyer the retired British official who was killed on the spot, in London in a public gathering. 21 years earlier as the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab, Udham Singh held Michael’s order responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. In 1919 under the leadership of General Dyer, British police had open fire on completely unarmed civilians which has led to the death of more than 1500 people. The governor of Punjab was actually seen supporting this event and this act was done by Udham Singh to avenge the death of people killed during the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

13 March - India Post issued a stamp on Shri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhuji in 1986

 

Shri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (18 February 1486 – 14 June 1533), was an Indian guru considered by his followers to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the chief proponent of the Achintya Bheda Abheda (Inconceivable Difference/One-ness) Vedanta school and the Gaudiya Vaishnavism tradition within Hinduism.

He also expounded the Vaishnava school of Bhakti yoga (meaning loving devotion to God), based on Bhagavata Purana and Bhagavad Gita.Of various forms and direct or indirect expansions of Krishna such as Lord Narasimha (Man-Lion; Krishna in mood of anger), Mahavishnu and Garbhodaksayi Vishnu respectively, he is believed to be Krishna in the mood of Radha. He popularised the chanting of the 'Hare Krishna mantra'and composed the Siksastakam (eight devotional prayers) in Sanskrit. His followers, Gaudiya Vaishnavas, revere him as a Krishna with the mood and complexion of his source of inspiration Radha. His birthday is celebrated as Gaura-purnima.

Chaitanya is sometimes referred to by the names Gauranga or Gaura due to his fair complexion, and Nimai due to his being born underneath a Neem tree.

India Post issued a stamp on Mahaprabhuji on 13 March 1986.

13 March - No Smoking Day

 

No Smoking Day is observed   every year on the second Wednesday of March, to encourage people over the world to quit smoking. No Smoking Day, 2019 is being celebrated on March 13, but you can quit smoking on any day of the year. The main purpose of this day is to spread awareness about the harmful health effects of tobacco consumption through cigarette and other modes. Important message is to help smokers to get rid from the bad habit of smoking.

Smoking or chewing tobacco is one of the worst habits one can adopt. The health risks are known to all but still thousands of youth, between 12 to 17 years of age, start smoking each day. Some start it out of curiosity and others might just want to look like grownups.

Effect of smoking starts with coughing and throat irritation accompanied with bad breath and bad smelling clothes. It also leads to a patchy skin and discoloration of teeth.

Over the time, more serious conditions may develop, including health problems like heart disease, bronchitis, pneumonia, stroke, and many types of cancer, out of which, oral cancer being quite common.