| 1950 | On this day, the Constituent Assembly elected the first President of the country. Apart from this, the National Anthem was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 24 January 1950. |
| 1966 | Air India's Boeing 707 crashes near the summit of Monblaw in the hills of the Alps. 117 people died in it. |
| 1950 | Jana Gana Mana was accepted as the national anthem. |
| 1857 | University of Calcutta was established. |
| 1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of independent India. |
| 1950 | Jana-gana-mana got the status of national anthem of India in 1950. |
| 1951 | Prem Mathur became India's first female commercial pilot in 1951. |
| 1952 | The first International Film Festival was held in Bombay in 1952. |
| 2002 | The Indian satellite INSAT-3C successfully orbited in 2002. |