| 2009 | On this day, Kalpana Chawla filled the space shuttle Columbia, spent 372 hours in space |
| 1761 | Pondicherry was annexed by the British from the French. |
| 1769 | Pondicherry was annexed by the British from the French. |
| 1681 | The grand coronation of Sambhaji, son of Kshatrapati Shivaji, took place at Raigad Fort in Maharashtra. |
| 1938 | Death of noted Bengali litterateur Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay. |