| Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder of National India Party, was born. |
| 8-October-1911 |
| Ramdas Katari, former Navy Chief, was born. |
| 8-October-1911 |
| Sarobindu Nath Banerjee 'Shute', cricket all rounder played one test vs West Indies, was born at Calcutta. |
| 8-October-1919 |
| Mahatma Gandhi started publication of 'Young India'. |
| 8-October-1921 |
| Indian nationalists call a general strike on Prince of Wales's arrival in Bombay. |
| 8-October-1927 |
| Raaj Kumar, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 8-October-1932 |
| The Indian Air Force was officially established, being the date of its formal constitution as India's first Air Force. |
| 8-October-1978 |
| Jayaprakash Narayan died. |
| 8-October-1979 |
| Loknayak Jayprakash Harsudayal Narayan, veteran socialist leader, passed away at the age of 76. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna on Dec. 23, 1998 and played a key role in the formation of Janta Party which defeated Indian National Congress for the first time. |
| 8-October-1982 |
| Indian Air Force celebrates 50 years. |
| 8-October-1990 |
| Veteran freedom fighter and Congress leader Kamalapati Tripathi (86) died. |
| 8-October-1991 |
| B.B. Lyngdoh, Meghalaya CM, loses vote of confidence in the assembly. |
| 8-October-1992 |
| RBI announces 1\% cut in the lending and deposit rates. |
| 8-October-1993 |
| The squadron did itself proud by flying the "Big Boy Formation" with one IL-76 in lead and two AN-32 of the Squadron in formation on the occasion of the Air Force Day. |
| 8-October-1998 |
| 16 policemen are killed when their vehicle is blown up by PWG naxalites on the Basaguda-Jagargunda road in Madhya Pradesh's Bastar division. |
| 8-October-2000 |
| Anup Sridhar and Trupti Murugunde claim the boys and girls title in the Sonora All India junior ranking tournament in Kozhikode. |