| 1867 | Birth of India's famous educationist, politician, social reformer, jurist and writer Harvilas Sharda. |
| 1901 | Birth of first winner of Jnanpith Award Mahakavi Ji Shankar Krup. |
| 1915 | The British government conferred the title of knighthood on Rabindranath Tagore. |
| 1918 | 'Hindi Sahitya Sammelan' was organized in Indore under the chairmanship of Mahatma Gandhi and based on a resolution passed in it, Hindi was considered as the official language. |
| 1924 | The birth of M Karunanidhi, five times Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. |
| 1930 | The birth of George Fernandes, the historic railway strike organizer in India. |
| 1947 | Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India under the British Raj, announced the partition of India. |
| 1972 | The country's first modern warship, the Nilgiris, was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of the country, Indira Gandhi. |
| 1974 | Death of Bihar Chief Minister and freedom fighter Krishna Ballabh Sahay. |
| 1985 | The Government of India started a five-day working day week. |
| 2014 | Former Union Minister Gopinath Munde died in a road accident in New Delhi. |