- National Handloom Day observed in India on 07th August
- Marks the Swadeshi Movement launched on 07 August 1905
- Read More: Important National and International Days – August
- ISRO launched Earth Observation Satellite & AzaadiSAT satellite through its maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle SSLV-D1 from Sriharikota
- ISRO later said: Sats not usable since launch vehicle put them in elliptical instead of circular orbit
- Nallathamby Kalaiselvi becomes first woman director general of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)