| 1987 | The evergreen actor, singer Kishore Kumar, called the world an alibida. |
| 1895 | The first Test captain of India's cricket team, C.K. Naidu was born. |
| 1999 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of India for the third time. |
| 2013 | A stampede in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh killed 109 people. |
| 2011 | Instructions have been given to use the words of Urdu, Persian, general Hindi and English instead of the difficult words of Hindi used in offices. |
| 2004 | Famous Hindi film actress Nirupa Roy passed away. |
| 1542 | Mughal emperor Akbar was born in Amarkot, Sindh. |