** 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

** Zerahemnah: the war leader of the Zoramites political ( see Alma 43 )

** The General Secretary, which is the highest-ranking official within the Party and usually the Chinese de facto paramount leader.

** Head teacher, the most senior teacher and leader of a school

** Bashar al-Assad is confirmed as Syria's leader in a national referendum.

** Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to make an official visit to Israel, when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, seeking a permanent peace settlement.

** Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.

** Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian labour leader ( b. 1916 )

** Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah a Pakistani religious leader, of Allo Mahar Shrif.

** George Lincoln Rockwell, American Nazi leader ( d. 1967 )

** Vasil Biľak, former Slovak Communist leader

** Kamal Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze ( d. 1977 )

** Green Clay Smith, American temperance movement leader ( d. 1895 )

** Large protests erupt against Slobodan Milošević's regime in Belgrade ; opposition leader Vuk Drašković and his wife Danica are arrested.

** Burundian presidential election, 1993: The first multiparty elections in Burundi since the country's independence lead to the election of Melchior Ndadaye, leader of the Front for Democracy in Burundi.

** PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin shake hands in Washington D. C., after signing a peace accord.

** India's Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader.

** Philippe Pétain, French World War I marshal, leader of Vichy France ( b. 1856 )

** Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.

** Feliksas Baltušis-Žemaitis, Lithuanian military leader ( b. 1897 )

** Shoghi Effendi, Bahá ' í leader ( b. 1897 )

** Jim Jones, American cult leader ( d. 1978 )

** Sathya Sai Baba, Indian spiritual leader ( d. 2011 )

** Reverend Ian Paisley, hardline Protestant leader in Northern Ireland, is jailed for 3 months for illegal assembly.

** In Sweden, Olof Palme is elected Labour Party leader, replacing Tage Erlander as prime minister on October 14.

** Indian pacifist and leader Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse.