| 1765 | The British East India Company's rule began in India under the Allahabad Treaty. |
| 1919 | Vikram Sarabhai, the father of the Indian space program, was born in Ahmedabad. |
| 2009 | India's famous economist C. Rangarajan was appointed as the chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council. |
| 2008 | Aamir Khan was awarded the Golapudi Srinivas Memorial Award 2008 for his film Taare Zameen Par. |
| 1945 | George Sidney Arundel, an Englishman who devoted his life to India, died. |