| 1897 | Bhojpuri artist, musician and social worker Bhikhari Thakur was born. |
| 1271 | The Mongol emperor Kublai Khan named his empire as Yuan. With this began the Yuan dynasty. |
| 1960 | The National Museum was inaugurated in the capital Delhi. |
| 1398 | Timur captured Delhi by defeating Sultan Nusrat Shah. |
| 1989 | Sachin played his first ODI against Pakistan. |
| 1995 | Unidentified aircraft dropped weapons in Purulia, West Bengal. |
| 1997 | The Washington Treaty concluded for cooperation in space research between India and the United States. |
| 2008 | The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully tested. |
| 2017 | India won 29 gold out of 30 at Commonwealth Wrestling Championships. |
| 2017 | The heaviest rocket GSLV Mark-3 was successfully launched. |