| 1761 | There are many incidents on this day in the history of the country and the world, among which they are prominent. 1761: Third war of Panipat started between Marathas and Afghans. |
| 1742 | Edmund Haley, who introduced the world to Haley Comet, breathed his last on this day. Edmund Haley is one of England's best known astronomers. |
| 1964 | Test bowler Rameshchandra Gangaram Nadkarni set a record for throwing 21 maiden overs today. |
| 1969 | The southern state of Madras in India was renamed Tamil Nadu. |
| 1977 | Narayan Karthikeyan, the first Indian to fill the Formula One race, was born on this day. |
| 1994 | For the first time in 300 years, a member of Britain's royal family adopted Catholicism. The Duchess of Kent became a member of the Catholic Church in a private service. |
| 1999 | India’s first state-of-the-art ‘Air Transport Complex’, Delhi was dedicated to the nation. |
| 2002 | The British government announced that the foot and mouth disease that has been spreading in the country for nearly 11 months will be considered to end at midnight. |
| 2016 | Social activist and famous litterateur Mahashweta Devi was born. |