1530 | Humayun, son of Mughal emperor Babur succeeded him. |
1983 | Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar scored a maximum of 236 runs in Test cricket against the West Indies. |
1984 | The Congress won the parliamentary election with the largest majority in the history of independent India. Telugu emerged as the largest opposition party in the country by winning 28 seats in this election. |
1985 | Sri Lanka granted citizenship to 43,000 Indians. |
1917 | Ramanand Sagar, the famous Indian film director and producer of the famous serial 'Ramayana', was born. |
1977 | The world's largest open air theater 'Drive' opened in Bombay (now Mumbai). |
2008 | Famous painter Manjit Baba died. |