Alamgir was murdered by his minister Imad-ul-Mulk.
CBI files fresh cases against JMM MPs Shibu Soren, Simon Marandi and Suraj Mandal on charges of possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.
Gandhiji reaches South Africa.
India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban.
The disinvestment panel headed by G. V. Ramakrishna demits office after the end of its three-year term.
Jagdish Chandra Bose, botonist and physics expert, was born at Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh).
Dr. Anil Kakodkar takes charge as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy.
World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.
Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed.
G. Umapati, filmmaker, died.
Prof. M. N. Sromovas, (83), well-known Sociologist in Bangalore, died.
Ghasiram Yadav (74), member of Parliament representing Alawar in Rajasthan and former MLA and Minister in the State, died in Jaipur.
Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister.
Sonia Gandhi names Ashok Ghelot and Sheila Dixit as Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Delhi respectively.
Jagdev Singh Talwandi, a former Akali Dal leader, was the unanimous choice as the new SGPC president.