FEBRUARY 2013

The new communication satellite launched by NASA on 31 January 2013 to stay

in touch with its space station astronauts- TDRS(Tracking and Data Relay
Satellite)
The person who emerged as winner to the first direct Presidential elections held
in Czech Republic on 25 January 2013-Milos Zeman
The renowned painter of Bengal School died on 1 February 2013 following a
brief illness at Kolkata hospital- Shanu Lahiri
The prominent Pakistani journalist died on 2 February 2013 in New York
following 4-year long fight with cancer- Ayesha Haroon
World cancer day was observed on - 4 February 2013
Solicitor-General of India, who resigned from his office on 4 February 2013-
Rohinton F Nariman
The Australian cricket captain who won the fourth Allan Border Medal in
Melbourne on 4 February 2013- Michael Clarke
President of Republic of Mauritius who visited India from 3 Jan 2013 to 10 Jan
2013 and was honoured with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award-Rajkeswur
Purryag
The King of Bhutan who visited India from 23 to 30 January 2013 and was the
Chief Guest for the Republic Day Celebration- Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
The fourth largest private sector Bank of India which was awarded the Financial
Institutions Syndicated Deal of the Year 2012 in its Asia Pacific Region- YES Bank
The Parliament Attack Convict, who was hanged on 9 Feb 2013 at Tihar Jail after
his mercy petition was cancelled by the President of India- Afzal Guru
The Advocate-General of West Bengal who resigned from his office on 8 Feb
2013- Anindya Kumar Mitra
The 72 years old table tennis legend who died in Beijing on 10 February 2013
following lengthy fight with cancer- Zhuang Zedong
The sitar legend was honoured with the posthumous Lifetime Achievement
Grammy award ON 9 February 2013- Pandit Ravi Shankar
US Marine General who took over the command of the NATO-led International
Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan- Joseph Dunford
Conference for South Asian Autism Network (SAAN) for Autism Spectrum
Disorders (ASD) was concluded on -11 Feb 2013
Code name given to secret plan for executing Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Afzal
Guru in Tihar Jail on 9 February 2013 -Operation Three Star
The short range surface-to-surface missile launched by Pakistan on 11 February
2013 -Hatf IX (NASR)
The Person appointed as the chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi on 12 February
2013- Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty
Prime Minister of the Himalayan Kingdom Bhutan was on an official visit to India
from 7 Feb. to 9 Feb. 2013- Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley
World Radio Day was observed on which day to raise awareness about the
importance of radio- 12 February 2013
The former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, who sworn in as the
Lokayukta on 14 February 2013- Y Bhaskar Rao
The theme of 27nd edition of Surajkund mela that was ended on 15 February
2013 was Karnataka

The person who was appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India
to the United Nations on 13 February 2013- Asoke Kumar Mukerji
The Country which banned the Japanese cartoon Doraemon in the third week of
February 2013 because of the fears of Hindi invasion-Bangladesh
The Ecuador's President who was re-elected for a third term with more than 50
percent of the vote- Rafael Correa
The Person who was conferred with Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament
and Development Award 2011 by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee on 18
Feb 2013 -Ela Ramesh Bhatt
The former Union Minister and three times MP for Rajya Sabha, who died at the
age of 68 on 19 February 2013- Radhakishan Malviya
The former LIC chief who took over as the Chairman of the Insurance Regulatory
and Development Authority (IRDA) on 21 February 2013- T. S. Vijayan
The former head of Tata Group who was awarded the life time achievement
award 2012 by Ernst & Young on 21 February 2013- Ratan Tata
The Car Rally that was flagged off from the Helipad Ground in Salt Lake Stadium,
West Bengal on 22 February 2013- Silk Route Car Rally
The playbook which won four awards at the Independent Spirit Awards in Santa
Monica on 24 February 2013- Silver Linings Playbook
The Person who had sworn -in as the first woman President of South Korea on
25 February 2013- Park Geun-hye