1509 | The coronation of Maharaj Krishnadeva Raya as Emperor of the Vijay Nagar Empire. |
1942 | Mahatma Gandhi started the Quit India Movement. |
1967 | For the first time since independence, the central government faced defeat in the Lok Sabha elections. |
1921 | Indian medical scientist Vulimiri Ramalingaswamy was born in 1921. |