| 1830 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Alexander Duff started Scottish Church College with five students. |
| 1905 | The Bengali weekly Sanjeevani suggested burning Holi of British goods for the first time. |
| 1974 | India played their first ODI against England at Headingley. |
| 1977 | Public honors like Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan etc. were withdrawn during the Emergency. |
| 2011 | The country's financial capital, Mumbai was rocked by triple blasts. The blasts took place in Mumbai's Jhaveri Bazaar, Opera House and Dadar. |
| 2000 | 18 hostages released in Fiji including Mahendra Chaudhary. |