1844 |
The first President of the country Dr. Rajendra Prasad was born. |
1751 |
Battle of Arnie in India (Second Carnatic War): A British East India Company-led army under Robert Clive defeats a very large Franco-Indian army under the command of Rana Sahib at Archana. |
1796 |
Baji Rao II was made the Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. He was the last Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. |
1889 |
The youngest hanged revolutionary, Khudiram Bose, was born in the independence movement. |
1915 |
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh killed 170 people and destroyed many homes. |
1971 |
The Emergency came into force in the country after the war between India and Pakistan started. |
1979 |
Hockey magician Major Dhyanchand Singh died. |
2004 |
India and Pakistan agreed to restore rail connectivity between Munabav and Khokhrapar after 40 years. |
2011 |
Film actor Dev Anand died. |
1984 |
Leaking toxic gas from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal killed at least 3000 people and caused several thousands of physical deformities. |
1959 |
India and Nepal signed the agreement of Gandak Irrigation and Power Project. |
1967 |
India's first rocket (Rohini RH 75) was launched from Thumba. |
2008 |
Chief Minister of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh resigned from his post on the day after the terrorist incident of 23 November in Mumbai. |