National Library of India was opened to Public.

_{The origins of the National Library, Kolkata begins with the establishment of Calcutta Public Library on 21st March 1836. the Calcutta Public Library and the Imperial Secretariat Library were amalgamated and gave way to establishment of The Imperial Library. After Independence of India, the National Library came into being in place of Imperial Library by the “Imperial Library (Change of Name) Act” in 1948.}