| 1580 | Fatehpur Sikri came to the court of Akbar, the first Christian missionary from Goa. |
| 1712 | Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah I died in Lahore. |
| 1928 | CV Raman invented the Raman effect for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize. |
| 1936 | Jawaharlal Nehru's wife Kamala Nehru died in Switzerland. |
| 1943 | Kolkata's Howrah bridge (Ravindra Setu) started. |
| 163 | The first President of India, Rajendra Prasad passed away. |