| 1914 | Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation, was arrested for the first time in 1914 while agitating for the rights of Indians in South Africa. |
| 1947 | The members of the Boundary Commission for the partition of Bengal and Punjab were announced in 1947 after the partition of India. |
| 2008 | Ravikant, Uma Shankar Chaudhary and Vimal Chandra Pandey were jointly conferred with the Navlakhan Award of Jnanpith in 2008. |
| 2008 | Indian journalist Anisuddin Aziz was awarded the New Business of the Year Award of International Association of Book Keepers (IAB) in 2008. |
| 1903 | Indian politician and member of Lok Sabha Mukut Bihari Lal Bhargava was born. |
| 1911 | Indian litterateur Nagarjuna was born 1911. |
| 1934 | India's famous scientist C.N. R. Rao was born. |
| 1917 | India's famous veteran politician, industrialist, educationist and thinker Dada Bhai Naoroji died. |