| 1869 | Kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mahatma Gandhi, was born in 1869. |
| 1919 | The International Labor Organization was established in 1919. |
| 1921 | The first live commentary of the Games was broadcast on radio. |
| 1930 | A 124-meter swinging bridge made of steel wires was opened to the public in Rishikesh. It was named Laxman Jhula. |
| 1999 | The Agni 2 missile was tested in 1999. |
| 2011 | Pulitzer Prize for Indian-origin American writer Jhumpa Lahiri for her debut work 'Interpreter of Melladies'. |
| 1964 | The Communist Party of India was divided into two parts. The main party is called the Communist Party of India and the second party that was divided was named Communist Party (Marxist). |
| 1910 | Anant Laxman Kanhere, one of the young revolutionaries who sacrificed his life for the independence of the country, died in 1910. |
| 1801 | Ranjit Singh himself declared Maharaja of Punjab. |