| 1933 | Mahatma Gandhi kept 21 days fast against British rule. |
| 1929 | Birth of India's famous Thumri singer Girija Devi. |
| 1963 | The centenary celebrations of the Indian Red Cross Society were celebrated. |
| 1954 | The central government included Chandranagar in the state of West Bengal. |
| 1980 | The World Health Organization announced the elimination of smallpox. |
| 2000 | 69-year-old Lord Swarajpal of Indian origin was appointed the vice-chancellor of Britain's fourth-largest university in Britain. |
| 1895 | Famous revolutionary and Gandhian activist of Orissa Gopabandhu Chaudhary was born. |
| 1916 | Swami Chinmayananda, the famous spiritual thinker of India and world-renowned scholar of Vedanta philosophy was born. |
| 1915 | India's freedom fighter Amir Chand passed away. |
| 1915 | One of the revolutionaries who fought for India's independence, Bhai Balmukund, died on that day. |
| 1926 | Famous historian Tapan Rai Chaudhary was born. |