| 1757 | The first one rupee coin of the East India Company was made in the Calcutta mint. |
| 1918 | Birth of Dr. Dr. Shankardayal Sharma, 9th President of India. |
| 1666 | Shivaji escaped from Aurangzeb's captivity by hiding in a fruit basket in Agra. |
| 1949 | Bhubaneshwar became the capital of Odisha. |
| 1999 | Angered by India's draft nuclear policy, the G8 announced a ban on all kinds of aid. |
| 1600 | Mughal Emperor Akbar captured Ahmednagar. |
| 1964 | The communication satellite Cincom 3 was launched. |
| 1939 | Guruvar Ravindra Nath Tagore laid the foundation stone of Subhash Chandra Bose Mahajati Sadan in Calcutta in 1939. |
| 1907 | Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, essayist, novelist, critic, thinker and researcher was born in 1907. |