| 2004 | Famous filmmaker Yash Johar died on this day. |
| 1838 | The birth of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Bengali novelist and creator of Vande Mataram. |
| 1873 | Birth of Indian singer and dancer Gauhar Jaan. |
| 1888 | Birth of Bal Gandharva, the great hero and famous singer of Marathi theater. |
| 1918 | Birth of Indian Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Rama Raghoba Rane, awarded Paramveer Chakra. |
| 1961 | Famous litterateur Govind Shastri Dugvekar passed away. |
| 1967 | The birth of Tarun Sagar, the famous saint of the Indian Digambara sect of Jainism. |
| 1975 | India's first woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency in the country. |
| 1982 | Air India's first Boeing Gourishankar crashed in Mumbai. |