| 1612 | Shah Jahan marries Mumtaz. |
| 1859 | Tatya Tope, who had created a reputation for independence in the country, was hanged for playing a decisive role in the first revolution of independence of 1857. |
| 1917 | Gandhiji selected Champaran in Bihar to start his Satyagraha movement. |
| 1950 | Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan movement with 80 acres of land in Panchampalli village in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 1971 | India's first jumbo jet Boeing 747 arrives in Bombay. It was named Emperor Ashoka. |
| 1978 | Sobha Singh, who built modern New Delhi, died. |
| 1991 | Kerala was declared the first fully literate state in the country. |
| 1991 | Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee lost the confidence vote in the Lok Sabha by one vote. |
| 2001 | 16 soldiers of India martyred due to the firing of Bangladesh army into Indian border. |
| 2008 | India and Mexico enter into new agreements in the field of civil aviation and energy. |