| 1987 | Former Prime Minister of India Chaudhary Charan Singh died on 29 May. |
| 1972 | Prithviraj Kapoor, who had a distinct identity in Indian cinema, passed away. |
| 1865 | Ramanand Chatterjee, the leading personality of the journalism world, was born. |
| 1906 | Eminent Hindi essayist Kanhaiyalal Mishra Prabhakar was born. |
| 1936 | Gandhiji's son changed his religion and gave birth to a new controversy. |
| 1968 | Famous Wrestler Dara Singh set a record as a world wrestling champion. |