| 1937 | Social worker Anna Hazare was born today. |
| 1950 | Lakshmi Mittal, known as the Steel King, was born on this day. |
| 1908 | Start of Calcutta Stock Market. |
| 1947 | The All India Congress accepted the British plan for the partition of India in New Delhi. |
| 2006 | India and China decided to open the old Silk Route. |
| 1981 | The Supreme Court rules that in 1981, all children are entitled to public education, regardless of civic education |
| 1991 | In 1991, Congress won the tenth Lok Sabha election. |
| 1899 | Renowned painter and sculptor Devi Prasad Rai Chaudhary, born with Padma Bhushan, was born. |
| 1878 | Shiva Dayal Sahab, the founder of the Dixit Hindu sect Radha Swami Satsang, died. |