| 1911 | Gateway of India was built in memory of his arrival at Bombay (now Mumbai), the first king of Britain to visit India, George V and Queen Mary. |
| 1918 | Gurudas Banerjee, the leading educationist and the first Indian Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta, died. |
| 1942 | Sri Aurobindo Ashram School was established in Pondicherry (now Puducherry), which was later known as Sri Aurobindo International Center of Education. |
| 1999 | Private sector investment was approved in the insurance sector in India. |
| 1937 | Renowned politician, former Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi was born. |
| 1918 | India's leading educationist Gurudas Banerjee passed away |
| 1989 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh became the seventh Prime Minister of the country. |