| 1926 | Bhupendra Hazarika was born. |
| 1933 | Asha Bhosle, who has sung more than 12 thousand songs in 20 languages, was born today. |
| 1320 | Ghazi Malik (Gaiasudin Tughlaq) became the Sultan of Delhi. |
| 1962 | China infiltrated India's eastern border. |
| 1965 | India opened 2 additional fronts against Pakistan. |
| 1966 | UNESCO celebrated World Literacy Day for the first time by the United Nations Department of Education and Cultural. |
| 2006 | Serial blasts took place in Malegaon, Maharashtra, in which around 37 people were killed and more than 100 people were injured. |
| 1966 | To make people aware of education, UNESCO started celebrating "Literacy Day". |
| 1967 | For the first time since independence, the party which was running the government at the Center faced defeat in the Lok Sabha elections. |
| 2000 | Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee slammed Pakistan during a speech in Hindi during the United Nations Peace Summit. |
| 2008 | The Supreme Court granted bail to the main accused and share broker Ketan Parikh and other accused in the Canfina Mutual Fund scam case. |
| 2009 | India gave $ 10 million to Russia to prepare the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov by installing new parts. |
| 1910 | Radhakrishna, the celebrated storyteller of Hindi, was born. |