Margaret Alva:

Margaret Alva sworn in as the 19^th Governor of Rajasthan. She is the 3^rd woman Governor of the state after Ms. Pratibha Devisingh Patil and Ms. Prabha Rao, who had served earlier.

Rahul Khullar:

• Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar appointed the new chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

Eduardo Saverin:

Co-founder of Facebook Inc.

Before an IPO that values the social networking site Facebook at as much as $96 billion, the billionaire co-founder of Facebook Inc. Eduardo Saverin renounced his US citizenship.

The move may decrease his tax bill. Saverin’s stake is 4%, as per the website Who Owns Facebook. At the high-end of the IPO valuation, that would be worth about $3.84 billion. His holdings aren’t listed in Facebook’s regulatory filings.

Saverin, joins a growing number of people giving up US citizenship, a move that can cut their tax liabilities in US. Saverin lately found it more useful to become a resident of Singapore.

Francois Hollande:

• Mr. Francois Hollande sworn in as President of France. 
• Became the First Socialist in 17 years to occupy the Elysee Palace.

Rekha:

Cine superstar Rekha took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha. 

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee elected as Chair of the ADB's Board of Governors. The 46^th yearly meeting of ADB (Asian Development Bank) will be held in India in 2013. Mr. Mukherjee held that India is very happy to accept the chair.

• India was the founding member of the ADB in 1966 but ADB’s lending operations in India began almost 20 years later.
• ADB is a key multilateral lending organization with its head-quarters in the Manila, Philippines.
• ADB has 67 members, of which 48 are from Asia.
• The US and Japan are the largest shareholders of the ADB while India is the 5^th largest.

‘Bharat Vir Wanchoo’ took over as the 16th Governor of Goa.

The then District Collector of Sukma District (Chhattisgarh) who was abducted by the Moists. The 32 year old 2006-batch IAS Officer was abducted by Naxalites on April 21, 2012 from Manjipara village where he was attending a government programme. He was released by the Moists after a 13-days after reaching an agreement with the government via the mediators.

Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan took charge for the second consecutive term.