| 1861 | The sale of federal postage stamps began. |
| 1948 | India's famous actress and Bharatanatyam dancer Hema Malini was born. |
| 1968 | Bharatvanshi Hargovind Khurana was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for medicine and physiology. |
| 1959 | National Women's Education Council established. |
| 1978 | Indian cricketer Kapil Dev made his Test debut against Faisalabad against Pakistan. |
| 2002 | A gold and a bronze medalist at the 14th Asian Games took Sunita Rani of India to a medal after failing in the dopint test. |
| 2005 | G-20 countries agree to reform the World Bank and IMF. |