Important Days
Important Events
1890 – Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
Birth/Birth Anniversary
1844 – Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and was the first president of Indian National Congress. (d. 1906)
1904 – Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (d. 1994)
1917 – Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (d. 2005)
1942 – Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor (d. 2012)
1974 – Twinkle Khanna, Indian actress and writer
Death/ Death Anniversary
2013 – Jagadish Mohanty, Indian author and translator (b. 1951)
2014 – Hari Harilela, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922)
2015 – Om Prakash Malhotra, Indian general and politician, 25th Governor of Punjab (b. 1922)