Daily newspaper of Marathi Language "Samna" started its publication at Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad).
Pratap Narayan Mishra, Hindi writer, was born. He is one of the pioneers of mordern Hindi language.
Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, nationalist leader, politician and President of the Central Assembly, was born at Karmasad, Gujarat.
Bhagat Singh, the legendary revolutionary, was born at Banga in West Punjab, Layalpur now in Pakistan.
Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763.
The second test launching of India's surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi', from Sri Harikota was successful.
The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100.
Kabita Garari sets record for 10 Km W (Women) in 48.10 at Beijing Asian Games.
Gurucharan Singh goes down fighting to Andri Fedtchouk of Ukraine in the 81 Kg bout of the Olympics boxing.
Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics.
Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.
Raja Rammohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician passed away at Stapleton Grove in England.
Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore.
73 people died in a coal mine accident in Gaslitand in Dhanbad district, Bihar, when flood water leaked into the mine.
Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Government revokes the external emergency promulgated on December 3, 1971.
Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd.