1756 | The British army led by Governor General Robert Clive recaptured Calcutta. |
1910 | The first All India Hindi Conference was organized in Varanasi under the chairmanship of Madan Mohan Malaviya. |
1906 | Indian novelist RK Narayan was born. |
1954 | Famous Indian actress Rekha was born. |
2011 | India's famous Ghazal singer Jagjit Singh passed away. |
1978 | Rohini Khadilkar became the first woman to win the national chess competition. |
1991 | India won the team title of the World Carrom Competition. |
1992 | The second Hooghly Bridge 'Vidyasagar Setu' opened. |
2014 | Nobel Prize was announced to Kailash Satyarthi of India. |