1492
Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco.
1621
Jahangir captured Kakda Fort.
1817
Battle of Yerwada.
1830
Ram Mohun Roy sailed for England. He was the first Indian Brahmin (then ‘Brahmo’) to go to England.
1875
Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Ulihatu, Ranchi district, Bihar.
1913
Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ‘Gitanjali’ . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)
1920
Assembly meeting of the League of Nations.
1932
Walt Disney Art School created
1949
Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi’s murder.
1988
Dalai Lama agreed for less then independent country to save the cultural heritage of Tibet.
1989
Test debut of Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Yunus at Karachi.