| 1993 | Industrialist Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata died. |
| 1759 | Assassination of Emperor Alamgir II of Delhi. |
| 1961 | Yuri Gagarin, the world's first astronaut, came to India. |
| 1970 | Haryana became the first Indian state to achieve hundred percent rural electrification. |
| 1989 | The then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi resigned. |
| 1869 | The famous Indian Thakkar Bappa was born for his service. |
| 1913 | Famous poet Ali Sardar Jafri was honored with the Jnanpith Award. |
| 1759 | 16th Mughal emperor Alamgir II died. |