| 1931 | Mahatma Gandhi ended the Civil Disobedience Movement. |
| 1905 | Sushila Didi, a freedom fighter who was instrumental in the revolutionary activities of Bhagat Singh, was born in Punjab. |
| 2010 | GP, one of the famous entrepreneurs of India. Birla died. |
| 1783 | Establishment of Geological Survey of India. |
| 2009 | Indian industrialist Vijay Mallya bought Bapu's legacy for Rs 18 lakhs |
| 1949 | The Jharkhand Party was founded in India in 1949. |
| 1990 | The government announced an interim relief of Rs 360 crore for the five lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. |
| 2002 | The Commonwealth Summit was held in 2002. |
| 2008 | India successfully test-fired the BrahMos missile from the sea into the ground. |
| 2009 | IFFCO ('Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative Limited) became the first company in the world to make annual sales of 10 million tonnes of fertilizer in 2009. |