| 1849 | British Punjab was established in 1849. |
| 1942 | The Congress rejected the proposal of the Cripps Mission in 1942. |
| 1984 | Astronaut Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian astronaut to go to space under the Mission Soyuz T-11 in 1984. |
| 1997 | Sumita Sinha set a record in 1997 by allowing her to cross over 3200 kg of trucks. |
| 1983 | India won the World Cup for the second time on the same day in 2011, after winning the first World Cup in 1983. |
| 2017 | In 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the country's longest, Chenani-Nashri road tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir to the nation. |
| 1902 | Classical singer Bade Ghulam Ali Khan was born in 1902. |