| 1860 | M Visvesvaraya, considered India's greatest engineer, was born. It is celebrated as Engineers Day in the country. |
| 1948 | The first flag of independent India INS-Delhi reached the port of Bombay (now Mumbai). |
| 1958 | The deadly disease trachoma virus was first discovered in medical science. |
| 1959 | India's national broadcasting service Doordarshan started in Delhi for the first time. |
| 2004 | 'Woman of the Year' award to British citizen Gurinder Chadha. |
| 1931 | Gandhi-Irwin Pact. |
| 1909 | Famous Tamil Nadu leader and former Chief Minister C.N. Birth of Annadurai. |
| 1939 | Birth of Subramanian Swamy for Indian Economist, Educational, and Politician, Law Minister and Justice India. |
| 1946 | Jokin Arputham, a man who struggled for the slums of Mumbai, was born. |