24
January

What Happened this Day in India History Events.

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.