| 1597 | Maharana Pratap was born. |
| 1780 | India's first English newspaper Bengal Gazette was first published. |
| 1780 | Publication of the country's first newspaper Hikki Gazette or Bengal Gazette or Calcutta General Advertiser from Calcutta (now Kolkata) began. |
| 1994 | Government of India repealed the Air Corporation Act 1953. |