| 1891 | Constituents of India's Constitution Birth of Ambedkar |
| 2008 | Start of passenger rail service between Kolkata in India and Dhaka in Bangladesh for the first time since 1965. |
| 1659 | Aurangzeb defeated Dara in 1659 at the Battle of Delhi. |
| 1563 | Arjun Dev, the tenth Sikh Guru, was born in 1563. |
| 1912 | The Titanic ship crashed into the iceberg in 1912 while traveling at sea. |
| 1944 | A ship loaded with weapons exploded in the port of Mumbai, killing more than 1200. |
| 1962 | Renowned Indian engineer M. Visvesharaya, who was awarded Bharatharatna, died in 1962. |
| 1995 | India became the Asia Cup cricket champion for the fourth time in 1995. |
| 2005 | India and the US entered into an agreement to open their own flight areas to each other's airlines. |