1858 | Bipin Chandra Pal, the great revolutionary who fought against the British, was born on 7 November. |
1862 | Bahadur Shah II, the last ruler of the Mughal Sultanate, died in Rangoon. |
1876 | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay composed the song Vande Mataram in a village called Kantal Pada in Bengal. |
1888 | Renowned scientist Chandrashekhar Venkata Raman was born. |
2006 | India and ASEAN agreed to create a fund for the development of science and technology. |
2008 | The famous poet Rahman Rahi of Kashmir was conferred with the Jnanpith Award. |
1711 | The ship of the Dutch East India Company sank all of the 300 crew. |
1978 | Indira Gandhi was re-elected to the Indian Parliament. |