| 1886 | Ram Krishna Paramahamsa Dev breathed his last at the Twilight Vela. |
| 1946 | The Muslim League declared a direct action day, during which around 5000 people were killed and 15,000 were injured in Kolkata during the violence. |
| 2018 | Former Prime Minister, poet Heart and the fiery speaker Atal Bihari Vajpayee died at the age of 93. |