| 1965 | In the battle between India and Pakistan, there was a ceasefire on the initiative of the United Nations on this day. |
| 1539 | Guru Nanak Dev, the first Guru of the Sikh sect, died in Kartapur. It was he who started the practice of 'langar'. |
| 1914 | The German warship Imden bombed the port of Madras. |
| 1869 | Social reformer of India VS Srinivasa Shastri was born in 1869. |
| 2008 | Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh left for a ten-day visit to America and France. |
| 2011 | The Planning Commission of India, in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, refused to consider a person spending Rs 965 in cities and Rs 781 per month in villages as poor. |
| 1988 | Publication of the National Geographic magazine started today. |