| 2009 | Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot won the trust vote in the Vidhan Sabha. |
| 2005 | USA announces Rs 6.2 crore assistance to provide clean drinking water to tsunami victims in Tamil Nadu. |
| 2000 | Calcutta was officially named Kolkata. |
| 1995 | 360 people died in a fierce fire in a school in Dabwali, Haryana. |
| 1968 | Launch of 'Maneka', the country's first meteorological rocket. |
| 1943 | For the first time, information about missing people was broadcast on television. |
| 1929 | Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Irwin. |
| 1901 | Brahmacharya Ashram opened in Shanti Niketan. |
| 1984 | Ravindra Nath Tagore inaugurated the 'Pausha Mela' at Shanti Niketan. |
| 1998 | Bangladesh refused to hand over India to ULFA general secretary Anoop Chetia. |