| 1913 | Yashwantrao Chavan, the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra and the fifth Deputy Prime Minister of the country was born after the bifurcation of Bombay State in 1913. |
| 1922 | Mahatma Gandhi was arrested by the British for the movement against buying goods made from Europe and working with the machines of British rule. |
| 1930 | Mahatma Gandhi started the Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram. The aim was to 'break the salt law' made by the British. |
| 1993 | There were 13 bomb blasts in Mumbai in which 257 people were killed and 800 people were injured. |
| 1872 | Sher Ali, the assassin of Lord Mayo, the then Viceroy of India, was hanged in 1872. |
| 1954 | The Government of India inaugurated the Sahitya Academy in 1954. |
| 1958 | In 1958, British Empire Day was named 'Commonwealth Day'. |
| 1993 | The serial bomb blasts in Mumbai in 1993 killed 300 people and injured hundreds more. |