| 1827 | The revolutionary Mangal Pandey was born in Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh. |
| 1969 | The Government of India took the decision in 1969 to nationalize 14 major banks of the country. |
| 2005 | Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the US Congress. |
| 1975 | The bones of Indian revolutionary Udham Singh were brought from London to New Delhi in 1974. |
| 1938 | Indian physics scientist Jayant Vishnu Narlikar was born on 19 July 1938. |