| 1844 | The first President of the country Dr. Rajendra Prasad was born. |
| 1751 | Battle of Arnie in India (Second Carnatic War): A British East India Company-led army under Robert Clive defeats a very large Franco-Indian army under the command of Rana Sahib at Archana. |
| 1796 | Baji Rao II was made the Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. He was the last Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. |
| 1889 | The youngest hanged revolutionary, Khudiram Bose, was born in the independence movement. |
| 1915 | A magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh killed 170 people and destroyed many homes. |
| 1971 | The Emergency came into force in the country after the war between India and Pakistan started. |
| 1979 | Hockey magician Major Dhyanchand Singh died. |
| 2004 | India and Pakistan agreed to restore rail connectivity between Munabav and Khokhrapar after 40 years. |
| 2011 | Film actor Dev Anand died. |
| 1984 | Leaking toxic gas from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal killed at least 3000 people and caused several thousands of physical deformities. |
| 1959 | India and Nepal signed the agreement of Gandak Irrigation and Power Project. |
| 1967 | India's first rocket (Rohini RH 75) was launched from Thumba. |
| 2008 | Chief Minister of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh resigned from his post on the day after the terrorist incident of 23 November in Mumbai. |