| 1769 | The East India Company imposed a variety of restrictions on weavers to ruin Bengal's textile industry. |
| 1918 | Birth of India's famous industrialist and top member of Tata group, Russian Modi |
| 1987 | Sunil Gavaskar retired from Test cricket. |
| 2007 | The fourth round of the India-Pakistan Composite Dialogue commenced in Rawalpindi. |
| 2010 | Promoting the country's oldest traditional sports, Kabaddi, the Punjab government announced the hosting of the Kabaddi World Cup next month. |
| 2014 | The death of CP Krishnan Nair, the famous hotel industrialist of India and founder of the 'Hotel Leela Group'. |
| 1865 | Celebration of World Communication Day started. |
| 2018 | BS Yeddyurappa took the oath of office of Chief Minister of Karnataka for the third time. |
| 1980 | A record of standing for 33 hours on one leg was set by VS Kumar Anand. |
| 1995 | The Restricted Area Permit (RAP) was abolished by the three northeastern states of the country. |
| 1999 | He was resigned from his post by Congress President Sonia Gandhi. But it was rejected by the Congress Committee of which the CWC also says. |