Important Events in 1616

• 1616: Sir Thomas Roe, the first English Ambassador, submitted his credentials to Emperor Jahangir at Ajmer.

Important Events in 1693

• 1693: Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, died in the same city and was laid to rest.

Important Events in 1818

• 1818: The last battle between the Marathas and the British East India Company was fought at Rampura.

Important Events in 1839

• 1839: Tea from India arrived in the United Kingdom for the first time.

Important Events in 1888

• 1888: Marathas were defeated in the third and final war against the British at Rampura.

Important Events in 1896

• 1896: Gangadhar Kelkar, founder of the famous Raja Kelkar Museum at Pune, was born.
• 1896: Shri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), politician, freedom fighter, lawyer, prolific writer, social reformer and nationalist leader, was born.

Important Events in 1897

• 1897: Scientist Waldemar Mordecai Haffkine publicly inoculated himself with the plague vaccine in Bombay to demonstrate its safety.

Important Events in 1908

• 1908: Mahatma Gandhi adopted the word “Satyagraha” instead of “Passive Resistance” and was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment for refusing to leave Transvaal.

Important Events in 1912

• 1912: Prodosh Kusum Das Gupta, renowned artist and professor, was born at Dacca (now Dhaka, Bangladesh).

Important Events in 1920

• 1920: India became a member of the League of Nations.

Important Events in 1922

• 1922: The Prince of Wales Museum (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya), Mumbai, was opened to the public.

Important Events in 1932

• 1932: Mahatma Gandhi and his wife Kasturba Gandhi were arrested by British authorities.

Important Events in 1953

• 1953: The opening ceremony of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was held.

Important Events in 1955

• 1955: Auxiliary Air Force squadrons were equipped with the HAL-designed HT-2 trainer aircraft.

Important Events in 1959

• 1959: Martin Luther King Jr., the American civil rights leader, arrived in New Delhi.

Important Events in 1963

• 1963: The Gold Control Measures Plan was initiated by the Government of India.

Important Events in 1964

• 1964: Communal riots broke out between Hindus and Muslims in Calcutta.

Important Events in 1966

• 1966: The Tashkent Conference ended with the signing of a peace accord by Lal Bahadur Shastri and Pakistan’s President Ayub Khan.

Important Events in 1967

• 1967: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of the Women’s University in Karnataka in honour of Rani Chennamma of Kittur.

Important Events in 1975

• 1975: India accorded recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

Important Events in 1979

• 1979: Anand Gopal Shauri, noted litterateur and journalist, passed away.

Important Events in 1980

• 1980: President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form the Government of India.

Important Events in 1986

• 1986: Pakistan decided to lift its eight-year-old ban on private trade with India.

Important Events in 1987

• 1987: Sikh militants murdered the Punjab prison chief in Chandigarh.

Important Events in 1993

• 1993: The 24th International Film Festival of India opened in New Delhi.
• 1993: L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi were released on court orders.
• 1993: At least 15 people were killed in Bombay during communal riots.
• 1993: India asked Pakistan to reduce its diplomatic strength by 40 percent.

Important Events in 1995

• 1995: The 26th International Film Festival of India opened at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay.

Important Events in 1996

• 1996: The 27th International Film Festival of India began in New Delhi.
• 1996: The Centre set up the Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission.
• 1996: The Supreme Court directed Arunachal Pradesh to provide protection to Chakma refugees.

Important Events in 1997

• 1997: The 28th International Film Festival of India opened at Thiruvananthapuram.
• 1997: The second leg of the Indian Satellite Circuit was held in Ahmedabad.

Important Events in 1998

• 1998: Geet Sethi retained the National Billiards title in Calcutta.
• 1998: Nine Ranvir Sena supporters were killed in an ambush at Rampurchauram village in Bihar’s Jehanabad district.