2014 | The demise of Indian industrialist Rustomji Homaji Modi. |
1911 | Construction of Tallah Water Tank in Calcutta (now Kolkata) completed. It was called the world's largest overhead water tank at that time. |
1960 | Start of international telex service between India and UK. |
1975 | Sikkim was incorporated into the Indian Union as the 22nd state. |
1996 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as the tenth Prime Minister of India. |
2008 | The Supreme Court rejected the decision of the Kolkata High Court to ban the 27% OBC quota in postgraduate courses of central educational institutions. |