** The Boeing 747-237B Emperor Ashoka, operating as Air India Flight 855, crashes into the Arabian Sea just off Bombay, India, immediately after takeoff from Sahar International Airport, killing all 213 people on board.

** He has the most centuries for a West Indian

** Lathyrus sativus ( Indian pea )

** Khava, milk which has been completely concentrated by evaporation, used in Indian sweets ( gulab jamun, pedha and many more )

** Khoa, dairy product used in Indian cuisine

** Buddhacarita by ( Indian epic poetry )

** Saundaranandakavya by ( Indian epic poetry )

** Kumārasambhava by Kālidāsa ( Indian epic poetry )

** Raghuvaṃśa by Kālidāsa ( Indian epic poetry )

** Official Indian National Congress Web Site

** international: satellite earth stations-2 Intelsat ( 1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean )

** List of Indian monarchs

** Governors, Lieutenant Governors and Administrators of Indian States and Union Territories

** Chief Ministers of Indian States

** Satellite earth station: Intersputnik ( Indian Ocean Region ) Intelsat, Asiasat-1

** Manusmṛti or The Laws of Manu, an important work of Hindu law and ancient Indian society

** The Record Music Magazine, an Indian publication featuring music personalities

** international: country code-82 ; 10 fiber-optic submarine cables-1 Korea-Russia-Japan, 1 Korea-Japan-Hong Kong, 3 Korea-Japan-China, 1 Korea-Japan-China-Europe, 1 Korea-Japan-China-US-Taiwan, 1 Korea-Japan-China, 1 Korea-Japan-Hong Kong-Taiwan, 1 Korea-Japan ; satellite earth stations-3 Intelsat ( 1 Pacific Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean ) and 3 Inmarsat ( 1 Pacific Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean )

** South Indian foods like sambar, rasam, koottu, karembadu, upma, palya / taalimpu, kozhambu / koora, Aviyal, Olan, Kadala curry, Theeyal, Pulihora / puliyogare, Chammandi, Chutney, Chitrannams and breads like Appam, Puttu, pathiri, dosa, idli and vada.

** Roopa Mishra, Indian civil servant

** A cyclone in the Palk Strait destroys the Indian town of Dhanushkodi, killing 1800 people.

** Sanjeev Nanda kills three policemen in New Delhi with his car, an act for which he was later acquitted, resulting in a sharp drop in public confidence in the Indian legal system.

** Rajendra Kumar, Indian film actor, producer and director ( b. 1929 )

** Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor

** Abhinav Shukla, Indian Television Actor

** Emperor Ai of Jin, a Jin Dynasty ( 265-420 ) emperor

** Akihito is enthroned as the 125th emperor of Japan.

** While Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard leads a military coup against his rule, proclaiming that the emperor's son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, is the new emperor.

** Japan proclaims Manchuria an independent state and installs Puyi as puppet emperor.

** Theophilos ( emperor )

** John VI Cantacuzenus, Byzantine emperor ( b. c. 1292 )

** Murad I, emperor of the Ottoman Empire ( b. 1319 )

** Khutughtu Khan, Emperor Mingzong of Yuan, emperor of the Yuan Dynasty ( d. 1329 )

** Servius Sulpicius Galba, Roman general and emperor ( d. AD 69 )

** Pachacuti, Inca emperor ( b. 1438 )

** Decius, Roman emperor ( killed after the battle of Abrittus )

** Herennius Etruscus, Roman emperor ( killed during the battle of Abrittus )

** Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor ( d. 1341 )

** Ukhaantu Khan, Emperor Huizong of Yuan, emperor of the Yuan Dynasty ( d. 1370 )

** Arpa Ke ' un, Ilkhanid emperor

** Theodore Svetoslav of Bulgaria, emperor of Bulgaria

** Fan Kuai, bodyguard of the Chinese emperor Liu Bang

** Colossus of Barletta, a giant statue of an unidentified Roman emperor

** Krishnadevaraya, Vijaynagar emperor

** Damkhat Reachea, emperor of Cambodia

** Ukhaantu Khan, Emperor Huizong of Yuan, last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty ( b. 1320 )

** Yesün Temür Khan, emperor of the Yuan Dynasty ( b. 1276 )

** Jayaatu Khan, Emperor Wenzong of Yuan, emperor of the Yuan Dynasty ( b. 1304 )

** Rinchinbal Khan, Emperor Ningzong of Yuan, emperor of the Yuan Dynasty ( b. 1326 )

** July 17 – The armies of the Fourth Crusade capture Constantinople by assault ; the Byzantine emperor Alexius III flees from his capital into exile.