| 1772 | The East India Company decided to set up separate civil and criminal courts in the districts. |
| 1854 | East India Railway ran the first passenger train from Calcutta to Hooghly in a distance of 37 km. However, it was officially inaugurated in 1885. |
| 1872 | Writer and litterateur Sri Aurobindo was born. |
| 1947 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was sworn in as the first Prime Minister of independent India. |
| 1950 | An earthquake of 8.6 magnitude killed 20 to 30 thousand people in India. |
| 1972 | Postal index number ie PIN code is implemented. |
| 1982 | The national program of nationwide color broadcasting and TV was inaugurated in Delhi. |
| 1990 | The ground-to-air missile Akash was successfully launched. |
| 1907 | It was founded on 15 August as part of the Indian Bank-Swadeshi movement. |