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Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was second time crowned by 'Tantrik Paddhati'.
King George empowered the company to establish Municipal Corporation and Mayor s Courts in Bombay and Calcutta.
Sarfoji Bhosle, king of Tanjawar, was born.
John Sevier, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), died at the age of 70.
Anandram Dhekial Fukan, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, was born.
Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Governor General of India, passed away.
Nana Saheb, alias Dhundu Pant, one of the top leaders of Sepoy Mutiny, passed away in Nepal.
Madame Bhikaji Rustom Cama, mother of the Indian Revolution, was born in Bombay. From an early age she took interest in social and political work.
Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'.
Janardan Swami was born.
Dr. Sakharam Gangadhar Malshe, researcher and critic, was born.
Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah.
19 people were killed by police during the anti-Hindu rioting in Kashmir.
Poona Pact' was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. This historical agreement allowed increased representation for untouchables. Also, Gandhi ended his fast.
Preetilata Waddedara, the first armed woman revolutionary, was hanged for "Chatgaon Ammunitions Plot".
Arvind Laxman Apte, right-hand batsman, was born in Mumbai.
It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India.
Pakistani raiders invade Kashmir.
Five selected regional TV channels go national by direct linking to INSAT.
India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi.
Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges.
Union Labour Minister announces a new export-oriented emigration policy in place of the regulatory one.
At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.
Kanpur University renamed as Chhatrapati Shahu University.
I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, addresses UN General Assembly, stakes India's claim to UN Security Council seat.
E. S. Venkataramiah (72), former Chief Justice of India, died in Bangalore.
I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, formally stated India's claim to permanent membership of Security Council at the U.N. General Assembly meeting.
In his address to the UN General Assembly, PM Vajpayee said that India wouldl not come in the way of implementing CTBT and may sign it conditionally by September 1999.
The Chief Controller of Defence Accounts (pensions) was renamed as the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts(Pensions), Allahabad.
India's Krishnan Sasikiran and China's Wang Yu bagged the boys' and girl's titles respectively in the Asian Junior Chess championship in Vung Tau City, Vietnam.