| Clive sailed from Madras, to capture Calcutta, with a large naval fleet consisting of 900 European and 1500 Indian soldiers along with 5 battle ships, and 5 other vessels. |
| 10-October-1844 |
| Badruddin Taibjee, lawyer and leader, was born. |
| 10-October-1896 |
| Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, was born at Jorhat, Assam. |
| 10-October-1899 |
| Shripad Amrit Dange, socialist and Trade Union Leader, was born. |
| 10-October-1906 |
| Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswamy, great Indian writer, was born. |
| 10-October-1909 |
| Nagarwala Noshirvan Dorab, cricket umpire of five Tests, was born in Maharashtra. |
| 10-October-1910 |
| Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, famous doctor who worked in China, was born at Solapur, Maharashtra. |
| 10-October-1927 |
| Bansilal, leader of Lokdal Party, was born. |
| 10-October-1937 |
| Anant Bhave, famous Marathi litterateur and news announcer on Doordarshan, was born. |
| 10-October-1946 |
| Noakhali Massacre. |
| 10-October-1952 |
| US mediator Frank Graham told the U.N. Security Council that there was a possibility of war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. |
| 10-October-1954 |
| First 'President Award' was awarded to film 'Shyamchi Aai'. |
| 10-October-1957 |
| Jagdeep', a children's film, won the first prize at the Ninth International Exhibition of Films for Children at Venice. |
| 10-October-1962 |
| Indies assault up Chinese positions in north India attack. |
| 10-October-1964 |
| Gurbachan Singh Randhawa sets record for 110m Her. in 14.09s at Tokyo. |
| 10-October-1964 |
| Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York. |
| 10-October-1964 |
| Olympics opened at Tokyo. |
| 10-October-1964 |
| Gurudutt, famous film actor, died. |
| 10-October-1970 |
| Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri. |
| 10-October-1973 |
| Vikash Dhorsoo, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Harfleur, Le Havre, France. |
| 10-October-1977 |
| 61 people died in an accident between a passenger train and a freight train at Naini. |
| 10-October-1978 |
| Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'. |
| 10-October-1990 |
| Following political uncertainties in the wake of Veerendra Patil's decision to stay on in defiance of Congress Party's decision, President's rule was imposed in Karnataka. |
| 10-October-1990 |
| Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh killing more than 60. |
| 10-October-1991 |
| Anantrao Laxmanrao Kulmarni, editor of monthly magzine 'Sajjangad' and weekly 'Samarth', died. |
| 10-October-1993 |
| Helicopters along with the last batch of personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. These helicopters were provided by 111 HU. |
| 10-October-1995 |
| G. R Khairnar, the high profile suspended Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, was reinstated. |
| 10-October-1996 |
| UP polls throw up a hung assembly. |
| 10-October-1998 |
| Justice Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand was appointed as the Chief Justice of India. |
| 10-October-1998 |
| Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand was sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
| 10-October-1998 |
| Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi. |
| 10-October-1999 |
| Congress-NCP talks still on forming a Government in Maharashtra. |
| 10-October-2000 |
| The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo. |