| 1956 | India's largest life insurance company "Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)" was established. |
| 2008 | Thomas J. Bata passed away as CEO of Bata Shoe Company |
| 1947 | Indian Standard Time was adopted. |
| 1956 | Tripura was made a union territory after the reorganization of Indian states. |
| 1964 | Indian Petroleum Company Indian Oil Refinery and Indian Oil Company were merged to form Indian Oil Corporation. |
| 2000 | India's neighboring country China had closed its only route to Nepal via Tibet. |
| 2008 | Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram announced the appointment of D. Subbarao as the 22nd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. |