| 1556 | In the second battle of Panipat, the Mughal ruler Akbar defeated Hemu. |
| 1920 | Indian Red Cross Society was established. |
| 1961 | India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru visited New York. |
| 2001 | India and Russia rejected the Taliban's participation in the Afghan government. |
| 1870 | The great freedom fighter Chittaranjan Das was born. |