| 1884 | Ramachandra Shukla, the leading Hindi writer and critic, was born. |
| 1977 | India's Foreign Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee addressed the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi. This was the first address given in Hindi. |
| 1986 | Indian Helicopter Corporation was established. |
| 1974 | India refused to participate in the Davis Cup by going there to resist the pillar of the South African government. |
| 1927 | Sarla Grewal, the second woman officer of India and former Governor of Madhya Pradesh, was born in the Indian Administrative Service. |
| 2011 | The strike continued on the 22nd day in Andhra Pradesh for a separate Telangana state. |