| 1914 | India's famous Ghazal singer Begum Akhtar was born. |
| 1950 | Mother Teresa established the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata. |
| 2008 | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in India on a four-day state visit. |
| 1586 | The Mughal army entered Kashmir. |
| 1737 | Three lakh people died in Bengal when a 20 thousand small ship sank 40 feet below the sea. |
| 1919 | Gandhiji's 'Navjeevan' magazine published. |
| 1952 | Chandigarh became the capital of Punjab. |
| 2000 | WWF - India won the first Rajiv Gandhi Wildlife Conservation Award. |
| 1891 | Freedom fighter and close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, Narhari Parikh was born. |
| 1907 | Durga Bhabhi, the principal ally of revolutionaries, was born in India's freedom struggle. |
| 1708 | Sikh Guru Guru Govind Singh died. |
| 1987 | Sikh nationalists declared independence of Khalistan from India. |