1858The emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar II was found guilty of aiding the revolt of 1857 and he was sentenced to life imprisonment and deported to Yangon (Rangoon) in Myanmar.
1951Ustad Zakir Hussain
Ustad Zakir Hussain, tabla virtuoso, composer, percussionist, music producer and film actor, was born in Mumbai. He is the eldest son of tabla player Ustad Allah Rakha. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1988, and the Padma Bhushan in 2002.
1989Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrived on a two-day state visit to India.
2010The Women's Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha. The main aim of this bill is to reserve 33 percent seats in Lok Sabha and all state legislative assemblies for women.
🌎 Elsewhere
1497Nicolaus Copernicus' first recorded astronomical observation.
1776Adam Smith publishes the influential economics book The Wealth of Nations.
1934Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man to travel in space (1961), was born.
1961Soviet flight Sputnik 9 carries and returns from orbit a dog named Chernushka (Blackie), frogs and a guinea pig.
⭐ Significance
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