| 2001 | Calcutta was officially named Kolkata. |
| 1971 | Broadcasting of cigarette advertisements on television was banned. |
| 1950 | Rahat Indouri, famous Urdu poet and lyricist was born. |
| 2020 | India's first Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat, who took charge (CDS) on 1 January, 2020 |