| 1851 | The first freight train in our country ran from Roorkee to Piran. |
| 1953 | Sharada Devi, the wife of Guru Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and spiritual companion was born. |
| 1887 | Mathematician Srinivasan Ramanujam was born. |
| 1940 | Manvendra Nath Rai announced the establishment of the Radical Democratic Party. |
| 2011 | The well-known nuclear physicist P.K. Iyengar died. |
| 1843 | Rabindranath Tagore's father Devendranath Tagore joined the Brahmo Samaj. |
| 1966 | Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi was established by the Indian Parliament under the 'JNU Act'. |
| 2006 | India and Pakistan set up a joint task force for mutual cooperation in the field of local bodies. |