Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, pray in front of her portrait on her birth anniversary in Kolkata, India, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa, born on this day at Skopje, Macedonia, Slovenia in 1910, was a Catholic nun who spent 45-years serving the poor, the sick, the orphaned, and the dying. Mother Teresa was conferred a Sainthood on Sept. 4, 2016 by Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

1970 | Former Indian cricketer and coach Anil Kumble, who played Tests and ODIs for 18 years, was born on October 17.

2003 | Eunuchs in Madhya Pradesh formed their political party Jeeti Jitai Politics.

2007 | The US Congress awarded the nation’s highest civilian honour, the United States Congressional Gold Medal, to Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader and former head of state of Tibet.

2008 | Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar surpassed West Indies player Brian Lara’s record of 12,000 runs to become the leading run-scorer in the Test cricket. Tendulkar achieved the feat during the second Test match between India and Australia at the IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali, Punjab.

2009 | Island nation Maldives’ President Mohammed Nasheed and 13 government officials conducted an underwater cabinet meeting in Girifushi in a bid to warn countries of the threat of global warming.

2018 | India's junior foreign minister MJ Akbar resigns from his post nine days after he is accused of sexual harassment by many women, who opened up during the #MeToo campaign.