| 1820 | Indian social reformer, educationist and freedom fighter Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was born. |
| 1923 | Bollywood actor Devanand was born in Punjab (Pakistan). |
| 1932 | Manmohan Singh, the 13th Prime Minister of the country, was born in a village in the Punjab province of undivided India. |
| 1998 | Sachin Tendulkar broke Desmond Haynes' world record by scoring an 18th century in a one-day cricket match against Zimbabwe. |