| 1905 | Earthquake in Kangda district of Himachal Pradesh kills about twenty thousand people. |
| 1889 | Famous Hindi poet, writer, playwright and journalist Makhanlal Chaturvedi is born in Madhya Pradesh. |
| 1910 | Philosopher Sri Aurobindo arrives at Pondicherry (now Puducherry) where he opens a Yoga and spiritual center. |