| 1911 | Dilip Kumar, one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema, was born. |
| 1935 | The current President of the country Pranab Mukherjee was born in Birbhum in West Bengal. |
| 1969 | Vishwanath Anand, the emperor of chess, was born. |
| 2011 | Pandit Ravi Shankar died. |
| 1845 | First Anglo-Sikh War: The Sikh army crossed the Sutlej River in Punjab. |
| 1858 | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and Yadunath Bose became the first Bachelor of Arts subjects from the University of Calcutta. |
| 1946 | Rajendra Prasad was appointed the President of the Constituent Assembly. |
| 1967 | In western India, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake killed 170 people. |
| 1687 | The East India Company formed a municipal corporation in Madras (India). |