| 1878 | The freedom fighter leader G. Rajagopalachari was born. |
| 1878 | Birth of Muhammad Ali Johar, one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia in Rampur. |
| 2001 | Dada Muni, one of the stalwarts of Indian cinema, said goodbye to the world. |
| 1992 | The first hovercraft service of the country was started in Gujarat. |
| 1998 | Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in Stockholm. |