| 1469 | Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was born in 1469. |
| 1976 | India announces sending its envoy to Beijing for the first time in 15 years. |
| 1980 | Six non-government banks were nationalized. Earlier also some banks were nationalized in the same way. |
| 2010 | Launch of the first cryogenic rocket GSLV-D3 built in India failed. |
| 1948 | The state of Himachal Pradesh was established on this day in 1948. |
| 1994 | Acceptance of 'Get' agreement in 1994 by 109 countries including India. |
| 2004 | LTTE militant V. Muralitharan, linked to the Rajiv Gandhi assassination, was killed in 2004 in Colombo. |