| 1753 | The British Museum was established by an Act of Parliament. |
| 1763 | Mir Jafar was crowned again as the Nawab of Bengal. |
| 1763 | The British East India Company announced the resignation of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal. |
| 1799 | Maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Lahore. |
| 1948 | Damodar Valley Corporation was established. |
| 1656 | Birth of Har Kishan, the eighth Guru of the Sikhs. |
| 1758 | Raja Martand Verma, the creator of modern Travancore, died |
| 1896 | Cinema's entry into India. The Lumir brothers performed films for the first time at Mumbai's Watson Hotel. |
| 1999 | Paramvir Chakra winner Captain Vikram Batra was killed while defending the country. |