| 1946 | The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly that made the country's highest law was on this day. |
| 1946 | UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi was born. |
| 1971 | During the Liberation War, the Indian Army had pierced the air campaign Meghna Heli Bridge. |
| 1484 | The great poet and saint Surdas was born. |
| 1758 | The thirteen-month-long war of Madras began in India. This was the most dangerous war between Britain and France in India. |
| 1898 | Belur Math was established in Kolkata. |
| 2001 | United National Party leader Ranil Vikram Singhe was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. |
| 1825 | Rao Tula Ram, a prominent hero of the Sepoy Mutiny was born. |
| 1913 | India's first female photo journalist Homi Vyarawala was born. |