

1979 | Mother Teresa was given the Nobel Peace Prize. |
1605 | Mughal ruler Akbar died. |
1817 | Syed Ahmed Khan, founder of Aligarh Muslim University, was born in Delhi. |
1870 | The Port of Calcutta was brought under the management of a constitutional body. |
1940 | Mahatma Gandhi declared private Satyagraha. |
2009 | The Maldives in the Indian Ocean held the world's first cabinet meeting underwater and tried to warn all countries of the danger of global warming. |
1877 | Sister Euprasia, the Indian Christian female saint, was born. |