1612 - Emperor Shah Jahan of the Mughal Empire married Mumtaz.
1853 - Asia's first train ran from Bombay to Tanna.
1857 - Tatyan Tope, the leader of the rebellion, was hanged in 1859.
1917 - Mahatma Gandhi selected Champaran in Bihar for Satyagraha.
1948 - The International Court of Justice was formed in The Hague, Netherlands.
1950 - Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan movement from Pachampalli village in Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana).
1994 - West Indies batsman Brian Lara made a world record for scoring the most runs in an inning of a Test match by scoring 375 runs.
2008 - India and Mexico made new agreements in the field of civil aviation and energy.