| 1908 | Sucheta Kripalani, the first female Chief Minister of the country, was born. |
| 1975 | On the advice of Indira Gandhi-led Congress government, President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed announced the imposition of Emergency in the country. |
| 1932 | The Indian cricket team played its first Test match at the Lord's ground in Britain. |
| 1983 | India defeated the West Indies by 43 runs to win the Cricket World Cup title for the first time. |
| 2004 | Russia decided to extend a strategic partnership with India. |
| 1903 | Chandrashekhar Pandey - was born a litterateur. |
| 1950 | Swami Sahajanand Saraswati social reformer and revolutionary died. |
| 1931 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh, the eighth Prime Minister of India was born. |
| 1975 | Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey was born an Indian Army officer who was posthumously awarded India's highest gallantry medal Paramveer Chakra for exceptional bravery in the 1999 Kargil War. |