| 1757 | Robert Clive of East India Company traveled to Murshidabad to battle Siraj-ud-Daula. |
| 1997 | As many as 59 people who had come to see the film had lost their lives due to the fire in Delhi's Pratima Cinemas. |
| 1943 | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose reached Tokyo from Germany. |
| 1997 | 59 people died in a fire during a show at the gifted cinema in the capital Delhi. |
| 1909 | Birth of EMS Namboodiripad in Palaghat, Kerala. |
| 1879 | Revolutionary Ganesh Damodar Savarkar was born. |
| 1923 | Famous lyricist Prem Dhawan of Hindi cinema Jagat was born. |
| 2016 | India's famous writer, novelist, playwright, critic and satirist Mudrarakshasa died. |