| 1864 | About 50,000 people died due to cyclone in Calcutta city. |
| 1805 | The second governor general of the British Raj in India, Commander in Chief Lord Cornwallis, died in Ghazipur. |
| 1989 | Meera Sahib Beevi became the first woman judge of the Supreme Court. |
| 1999 | India decided not to attend the special meeting on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). |
| 2011 | The world's cheapest Rs 2250 tablet PC Aakash was launched in India. |
| 1676 | The East India Company got the right to exchange Indian currency in Mumbai from the King of England. |
| 2008 | The Central Government started testing elsewhere for the 'Setu Samudram Project' as directed by the Supreme Court. |
| 1524 | The birth of Rani Durgavati, one of the famous Veeraganna queens of Indian history. |
| 1934 | Birth of Indian actor, comedian, political satirist, playwright, film director and advocate Cho Ramaswamy. |