| 1716 | The famous Sikh soldier Banda Singh Bahadur, who broke the illusion of the Mughals being invincible, was tortured to death at the behest of Emperor Farukhsier. |
| 1947 | The birth of the famous British-Indian writer and novelist Salman Rushdie. |
| 1970 | Birth of Congress President Rahul Gandhi. |
| 1981 | India successfully launched its geostationary satellite Apple. |
| 1871 | Madhavrao Sapre, the freedom fighter of the national language, Unnayak of Hindi, was born |