| 1929 | Actor, politician and social activist Sunil Dutt was born in Jhelum (present-day Pakistan), West Punjab. |
| 1674 | Kshatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was crowned. |
| 1981 | A train fell in Bihar's Baghmati river, killing 800 of the 1000 people on board. |
| 1997 | In Bangkok, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Thailand formed an economic cooperation group called 'Bistek'. |
| 1999 | Indian tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won the Grand Slam title. |