Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1951 Events in the year 1951 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India Rajendra Prasad Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru Events 18 June First Amendment of the Constitution of India says state can make special provisions for advancement of any backward class 5 November Central Railway India Central Railway is formed by the merger of several government owned railways. Western Railway India Western Railway is formed by merging smaller railways. Arts and literature 16 December Salar Jung Museum is opened to the public by the Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru . Births 1 January Nana Patekar , actor and filmmaker. 17 January Bindu actress Bindu , actress. 1 March Nitish Kumar , politician and Chief Minister of Bihar . 10 July Narayanasami Sathyamurthy , scientist. Deaths 15 February Stephen Hector Taylor Smith , rocket scientist born 1891 in India 1891 . See also Bollywood films of 1951 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1951 In India Category 1951 in India Category 1951 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1957 Events in the year 1957 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India Rajendra Prasad Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru Events India passes a bill making Kashmir under its control as part of the Union. 5 April First elected government of Kerala . Communist Party of India won the elections and E. M. S. Namboodiripad became the first chief minister of united Kerala. Parliament passes the Copyright Act of 1957 Sport Balbir Singh Sr. became the first hockey player to be awarded the Padma Shri . Births 22 August Deepti Naval , actress. Thomas Zacharia , computational scientist. Sardar Rajpal Singh Khakh , landlord. Deaths 5 April Alagappa Chettiar , businessman and philanthropist born 1909 in India 1909 . 30 August N. S. Krishnan , comedian, actor, playback singer and writer born 1908 in India 1908 . See also Bollywood films of 1957 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1957 In India Category 1957 in India Category 1957 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1972 Events in the year 1972 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India V. V. Giri Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi Events 21 January Manipur gets statehood. 19 March India and Bangladesh sign a friendship treaty , after the withdrawal of the Indian troops. 2 July Following Pakistan s surrender to India in the Indo Pakistani War of 1971 , both nations sign the historic bilateral Simla Agreement , agreeing to settle their disputes peacefully. 10 July A stampede of elephants kills 24 people in the Chandka Forest. Births 24 February Pooja Bhatt , actress, producer and director. 15 April Mandira Bedi , actress, model and television presenter. 20 April Mamta Kulkarni , actress. 8 July Sourav Ganguly , cricketer. Deaths 31 March Meena Kumari , actress b. 1932 in India 1932 . 20 July Geeta Dutt , playback singer b. 1930 in India 1930 . See also Bollywood films of 1972 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1972 In India Category 1972 in India Category 1972 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
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Year in India 1995 Events in the year 1995 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India Shankar Dayal Sharma Prime Minister of India P. V. Narasimha Rao Events 5 March Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited founded. ref http www.delhimetrorail.com corporates about us.html Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. About Us ref 21 September Reports of the Hindu milk miracle surface. 23 December Nearly 425 people die when a blaze rips through a school prize giving ceremony in the northern town of Dabwali in Haryana state, near the Indian capital. 20 October Hindi movie Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge released the longest running Hindi movie. 31 August Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh is assassinated. India joins the World Trade Organisation WTO which has replaced GATT . Deaths 10 April Morarji Desai , independence activist and 6th Prime Minister of India b. 1896 in India 1896 . 21 August Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar , astrophysicist and joint Nobel Prize in Physics winner b. 1910 in India 1910 . References reflist See also Bollywood films of 1995 Republic of India year nav Category 1995 in India Category 1995 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
Year in India 1991 Events in the year 1991 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India R. Venkataraman Prime Minister of India Chandra Shekhar Singh until June 21, P. V. Narasimha Rao Events File Rajiv Gandhi Memorial bombsite.jpg thumb right 200px Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi The stone mosaic that stands at the exact location where Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in Sriperumbudur 21 May Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi Former Prime Minister of India Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassination assassinated by a Tamil people Tamil suicide bomber in South India southern India during the election campaign. 31 May The Government of India constitutes the Company Law Board as an independent quasi judicial body thus giving up direct control on matters of company law. 15 June When the general election results are all compiled, the Congress Party has won a plurality of votes. 21 June Indian National Congress leader P.V. Narasimha Rao becomes Prime Minister of India Prime Minister . 24 June J. Jayalalithaa is sworn in as chief minister of Tamil Nadu for the first time. 24 July The government of India announces its New Industrial Policy, marking the start of India s economic reforms. 11 October Sikh Separatists bomb Hindu Procession in Lucknow, killing 41 people. 11 December Rapid Action Force established by Union Home Ministry. Births 31 JULY Siddharth kumar Deaths 15 May Kalindi Charan Panigrahi , poet, novelist, story writer, dramatist and essayist b. 1901 in India 1901 . 24 October Ismat Chughtai , writer b. 1915 in India 1915 . Full date unknown Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar , writer b. 1904 in India 19 See also Bollywood films of 1991 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1991 In India Category 1991 in India Category 1991 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1966 Events in the year 1966 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri January 11, Gulzarilal Nanda until January 24 acting Prime Minister , Indira Gandhi Events 3 January Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri and President of Pakistan Ayub Khan Field Marshal Ayub Khan sign a Soviet mediated peace pact in Tashkent , Uzbek S.S.R. 11 January Prime Minister Shastri dies of myocardial infarction heart attack in Tashkent . 19 January Supported by provincial Indian National Congress Congress chief ministers, Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister. 28 March Indira Gandhi visits Washington, D.C. . 19 June Shiv Sena founded by Bal Thackeray . 12 July Indira Gandhi visits Moscow. 17 November Reita Faria , Femina Miss India is crowned Miss World 1966 , the first Indian to win the title. Sport Krishan Lal , field hockey player is awarded the Padma Shri . Births 11 January Sunil Kumar Mahato , politician, assassinated d. 2007 in India 2007 . 3 March Amira Abraham , novelist. 3 May Firdous Bamji , actor. 14 July Sachin Puthran , enterpreneur. 28 August Priya Dutt , politician. September Faisal Khan , actor. 5 December Dayanidhi Maran , politician. Full date unknown Raj Kamal Jha , novelist and journalist. Deaths 11 January Lal Bahadur Shastri , politician and 2nd Prime Minister of India b. 1904 in India 1904 . 21 January Dr. Manubhai P. Vaidya , Educationist and recipient of Best Teacher Award from Dr. S. Radhakrishnan , The President of India b. 1905 in India 1905 . Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak , poet, novelist and short story writer b. 1921 in India 1921 . See also Bollywood films of 1966 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1966 In India Category 1966 in India Category 1966 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1969 Events in the year 1969 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India Zakir Hussain politician Zakir Hussain until May 3, V. V. Giri until July 20 acting president , Mohammad Hidayatullah until August 24 acting president , V. V. Giri Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi Events The Government of India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon, outside the country somewhere in USSR , becoming the sixth nation to do so. Indian National Congress splits into two factions. One led by Indira Gandhi and another led by Morarji Desai . Rajdhani Express was introduced in 1969. Exact date unknown Kilvenmani massacre India was close to insolvency in 1969 Births 7 January Mandakini actress Mandakini , actress. 7 November Nandita Das , actress. 11 December Viswanathan Anand , chess International Grandmaster grandmaster and current World Chess Championship World Chess Champion . Full date unknown Soumya Bhattacharya , journalist and author. Deaths 31 January Meher Baba , mystic and spiritual master b. 1894 in India 1894 . 23 February Madhubala , actress b. 1933 in India 1933 . 3 May Zakir Hussain politician Zakir Hussain , politician and third President of India b. 1897 in India 1897 . 28 July Annabhau Sathe , social reformer and writer b. 1920 in India 1920 . See also Bollywood films of 1969 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1969 In India Category 1969 in India Category 1969 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in IndiaIndia hist stub ... more details
Year in India 1987 Events in the year 1987 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India Zail Singh until July 25, R. Venkataraman Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi Events 1987 Sino Indian skirmish the second such conflict between China and India. 30 May The Union Territory was split, and Goa was elevated as India s twenty fifth state, with Daman and Diu remaining Union Territories Births January to June 1 January Neha Sharma , actress and model. 20 March Kangana Ranaut , actress. 25 April Mallika Kapoor , actress. 17 May Charmy Kaur , actress. 15 January Ajay Kumar , Lkd 7 June Neil D souza , Entrepreneur 12 June Ashwin Aryan , Musician 30 June Adithya Mallya , Market Consultant July to December 5 August Genelia D Souza , actress. 6 August Aditya Narayan , actor, singer and television host. 19 August Ileana D Cruz , actress. 20 November Sukirti Kandpal , actress. 10 December Souvik Sarkar , Bally, Howrah, West Bengal. Deaths 1 June Khwaja Ahmad Abbas , film director, novelist, screenwriter and journalist b. 1914 in India 1914 . 13 October Kishore Kumar , playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter b. 1929 in India 1929 . 27 October Vijay Merchant , cricketer b. 1911 in India 1911 . 17 November Akhandanand , exponent of Shrimad Bhagvata and scholar b. 1911 in India 1911 . 24 December M. G. Ramachandran , actor, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu b. 1917 in India 1917 . Full date unknown Dasaradhi , poet and political activist b. 1925 in India 1925 . See also Bollywood films of 1987 Republic of India year nav Category 1987 in India Category 1987 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in Indiaindia hist stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1973 Events in the year 1973 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India V. V. Giri Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi Events 1 April Government campaign to save the tiger from extinction. 1 November Karnataka Karnataka State is formed. Births January to June 5 January Uday Chopra , actor. 11 January Rahul Dravid , cricketer. 12 January Saakshi Tanwar , actress. 6 April Prashanth Thyagarajan , actor. 24 April Sachin Tendulkar , cricketer. 17 June Leander Paes , tennis player. 18 June Baljit Singh Dhillon , field hockey player. 22 June Devayani actress Devayani , actress. July to December 1 September Ram Kapoor , actor. 1 November Aishwarya Rai , actress. 19 November Shakeela , actress. 17 December John Abraham actor John Abraham , actor. Full date unknown Arunabha Sengupta , novelist. Deaths 30 December Chittor V. Nagaiah , actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer b. 1904 in India 1904 . See also Bollywood films of 1973 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1973 In India Category 1973 in India Category 1973 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1968 Events in the year 1968 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India Zakir Hussain politician Zakir Hussain Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi Events Expand section date March 2011 February The Beatles , Mia Farrow , and several other celebrities visit the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh. Births 1 March Kunjarani Devi , weightlifter. 3 March Neelam , former actress, jewellery designer. 19 April Arshad Warsi , actor. 14 June Raj Thackeray , founder and president of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena . 16 July Dhanraj Pillay , field hockey player. 29 September Samir Soni , actor. Full date unknown Abu Salem , mobster. Deaths A. R. Krishnashastry , writer, researcher and Translation translator b. 1890 in India 1890 . See also Bollywood films of 1968 Republic of India year nav Use dmy dates date March 2011 DEFAULTSORT 1968 In India Category 1968 in India Category 1968 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1990 Events in the year 1990 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India R. Venkataraman Prime Minister of India V. P. Singh until November 10, Chandra Shekhar Singh Events January An insurgency breaks out in Kashmir Valley , inflaming tensions with Pakistan. New Delhi dissolves the state assembly and imposes direct rule. March The last Indian troops are withdrawn from Sri Lanka . 15 April Food poisoning kills 450 guests at an engagement party in Uttar Pradesh . May A cyclone ravages the southern state of Andhra Pradesh , killing nearly 1,000 people. V P Singh announces implementation of Mandal commission report. November V.P. Singh resigns as prime minister and is succeeded by Janata Dal dissident Chandra Shekhar . Births 1 January Ali Murtaza , cricketer. Deaths 14 January Mani Madhava Chakyar , master Koothu Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam artist b. 1899 in India 1899 . 29 March Adoor Bhasi , actor, writer, journalist , singer and film producer b. 1927 in India 1927 . 2 June Shriram Sharma Acharya , seer, sage and Founder of the All World Gayatri Pariwar b. 1911 in India 1911 . 21 October Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar , philosopher, author, social revolutionary, poet, composer and linguist b. 1921 in India 1921 . 30 September Shankar Nag , actor and director b. 1954 in India 1954 . 30 October Vinod Mehra , actor b. 1945 in India 1945 . 25 December Chandrakant T. Patel , cotton scientist b. 1917 in India 1917 . See also Bollywood films of 1990 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1990 In India Category 1990 in India Category 1990 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1960 Events in the year 1960 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India Rajendra Prasad Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru Events 1 May Gujarat Gujarat State and Maharashtra Maharashtra State are formed from the State of Bombay as laid down by the States Reorganisation Act . 1 May In India, May 1 is declared as Gujarat Diwas or Maharashtra Divas , i.e., Maharashtra Day the same day is also celebrated as Kaamgaar Divas , i.e., Workers Day . 20 June Maharashtra State Electricity Board formed. Full date unknown Air India enters United States with flights to New York . Bajaj Auto goes public. Births 3 January Sandeep Marwah, stage, film and television personality. 25 June Suresh Gopi , actor. 11 July Kumar Gaurav , actor. 13 September Karthik Muthuraman , actor. Deaths 30 January J. C. Kumarappa , economist born 1892 in India 1892 . 2 February Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja , Hindu teacher born 1884 in India 1884 . 20 April Pannalal Ghosh , flute Bansuri b nsur player and composer born 1911 in India 1911 . 27 April Rajshekhar Basu , writer , chemist and lexicographer born 1880 in India 1880 . See also Bollywood films of 1960 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1960 In India Category 1960 in India Category 1960 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1978 Events in the year 1978 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Prime Minister of India Morarji Desai Events 1 January Air India Flight 855 , a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes into the Arabian Sea after takeoff near Bombay , killing all 213 on board. 7 November Indira Gandhi is re elected to the Indian parliament. 19 December Indira Gandhi is arrested and jailed for a week for breach of privilege and contempt of parliament. Births January to June 13 January Ashmit Patel , actor. 21 March Rani Mukerji , actress. 28 March Nafisa Joseph , model, MTV VJ media personality VJ , Femina Miss India Miss India 1997 d. 2004 in India 2004 . 16 April Lara Dutta , actress, Miss Universe in 2000. 25 June Aftab Shivdasani , actor. July to December 29 July Karthik Narayanan , cricketer. 21 August Bhumika Chawla , actress. 16 September Meena Durairaj Meena , actress. 4 October Soha Ali Khan , actress. 18 October Jyothika , actress. 20 October Virender Sehwag , cricketer. 1 November Manju Warrier , actress. 25 November Sameer Dad , field hockey player. 25 November Rakhi Sawant , Item girl. Full date unknown Jayasurya , actor. 8 October Ramakoti Reddy Deaths 19 February Pankaj Mullick , singer and composer b. 1905 in India 1905 . 18 November Dhirendra Nath Ganguly , film entrepreneur, actor and director b. 1893 in India 1893 . See also Bollywood films of 1978 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1978 In India Category 1978 in India Category 1978 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1979 Events in the year 1979 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Prime Minister of India Morarji Desai until July 28, Charan Singh Events 1 January President of India makes official the decision to set up the Mandal Commission 31 January The police under direction of Jyoti Basu , Chief Minister of Communist Party of India Marxist led government of West Bengal , surrounds and opens fire on unarmed refugee settlement of Morichjhapi island in Sunderbans , West Bengal . Hundreds killed but government officially accepts 36 deaths. 1 June Vizianagaram district is formed in Andhra Pradesh . 27 June CISF conflict at Bokaro 11 August Morvi dam burst , the worst flood disaster in independent India, happens in Gujarat, killing 1500 15000 people Births January to June 7 January Bipasha Basu , actress and model. February 28 Srikanth actor Srikanth 24 March Emraan Hashmi , actor. 31 March Amey Date , singer. 12 June Tottempudi Gopichand , actor. July to December 31 August Yuvan Shankar Raja , film composer and singer. 1 September Aamir Ali , actor 11 September Tulip Joshi , model and actress. 14 September Kamya Panjabi , actress. 7 October Narain actor Narain , actor. 4 November Lazarus Barla , field hockey player. 14 December Samit Basu , novelist. Full date unknown Divya Palat , actress. Deaths 3 December Dhyan Chand , field hockey player b. 1905 in India 1905 . Full date unknown Banaphool , author, playwright and poet b. 1899 in India 1899 . Hazari Prasad Dwivedi , novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar b. 1907 in India 1907 . See also Bollywood films of 1979 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1979 In India Category 1979 in India Category 1979 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1965 Events in the year 1965 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri Events January to June 26 January Hindi becomes the official language of India. 26 January Anti Hindi agitations break out in India because of which Hindi does not get National Language status and remains one of the 23 List of national languages of India Official Languages of India . 24 February English language English is adopted as an associate language in dealings between the Indian government ... Pakistani War of 1965 between West Pakistan and India only. 29 May 1965 Dhanbad coal mine disaster A mining accident in Dhanbad , India kills 274. July to December 5 August War begins between India and Pakistan. 2 September Kashmir is declared an Integral Part of India and is not a disputed territory , later responded by the Pakistan i troops entering the India n sector of Kashmir . 6 September India n troops invade Lahore . 6 September 22 September A full scale Indo Pakistani War of 1965 ... on 20 September. 8 September India opens two additional fronts against Pakistan . 9 September ... of India and Pakistan to meet in the Soviet Union to negotiate. 22 September China Radio International ... side of the border. 24 September Fighting resumes between India n and Pakistan i troops. 1 December ... Miss India held for the first time. Births 14 March Aamir Khan , actor and film producer. 23 April .... Deaths 21 January Geeta Bali , actress b. 1930 in India 1930 . 3 March Amirbai Karnataki , actress and singer b. c1906 . Full date unknown Motilal actor Motilal , actor b. 1910 in India 1910 . A.B. Purani , disciple and biographer of Sri Aurobindo b. 1894 in India 1894 . See also Bollywood films of 1965 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1965 In India Category 1965 in India Category 1965 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1964 Events in the year 1964 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru until May 27, Gulzarilal Nanda until June 9 acting Prime Minister , Lal Bahadur Shastri Events 27 May Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru dies after a five month illness he is succeeded by Lal Bahadur Shastri . The Vishva Hindu Parishad is founded. Hazratbal disappearance episode Arts and literature 2 September Indian Hungry generation poets arrested on charges of conspiracy against the State and Obscenity in literature. National Film Archive of India established in Pune . Sport Charanjeet Singh field hockey hockey player is awarded the Padma Shri . Births 24 April Sailendra Dwivedi , writer. 13 August Harisree Ashokan , actor. 27 September Kishore Nagarmat , automobile engineer. 10 December Jayaram , actor. Full date unknown Bem Le Hunte , author. Deaths 27 May Jawaharlal Nehru , politician and 1st Prime Minister of India b. 1889 in India 1889 . 2 October Rajkumari Amrit Kaur , freedom fighter, social activist and Health Minister b. 1889 in India 1889 . 10 October Guru Dutt , film director , producer, and actor b. 1925 in India 1925 . See also Bollywood films of 1964 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1964 In India Category 1964 in India Category 1964 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1977 Events in the year 1977 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed until July 25, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi until March 24, Morarji Desai Events March The first non Congress government sweeps to power following Indira Gandhi s defeat at the general elections. Morarji Desai becomes prime minister. 3 March Nehru Planetarium commissioned. November More than 10,000 people die when a cyclone hits India s southeast coast. The storm disrupts life for 5.4 million people in 830 villages, and damages 14,000 km of cropland. A commission, chaired by B P Mandal is set up. Births 14 January Narain Karthikeyan , motor racing driver. 27 January Deepshika , actress. 23 March Smriti Zubin Irani , actress and politician. 9 June Roopa Mishra , civil servant. 2 July Ganesh actor Ganesh , actor. 16 September Gauri Pradhan Tejwani , actress. 21 November Karthik Kumar , actor. 24 November Dilip Tirkey , field hockey player. Full date unknown Rajorshi Chakraborti , novelist. Vasundhara Das , actress and singer. Deaths 22 March A. K. Gopalan , communism communist leader b. 1904 in India 1904 . 14 November A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada , founder acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness b. 1896 in India 1896 . Full date unknown Hamid Dalwai , social reformer and writer b. 1932 in India 1932 . Abdul Majid Daryabadi , Muslim writer and exegete of the Qur an b. 1892 in India 1892 . See also Bollywood films of 1977 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1977 In India Category 1977 in India Category 1977 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1985 Events in the year 1985 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India Zail Singh Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi Events 23 June Air India Flight 182 , a Boeing 747 , blows up 31,000 feet 9,500 m above the Atlantic Ocean , south of Ireland , killing all 329 aboard. The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act India Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is passed by Parliament. The Administrative tribunals in Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Allahabad were established by Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. The Special Protection Group is created. Indira Gandhi National Open University is established by an Act of Indian Parliament. Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Prevention Act TADA is passed by parliament. Texas Instruments , a Multinational corporation , starts its India operations in Bangalore and helps create infrastructure to export software via satellite communications from India for the first time. Births 7 February Mohammad Tajim Entrepreneur Tajim , Entrepreneur. 6 April Jai actor Jai , actor. 21April Ashim Sarangi , Direct Selling Business Owner. 9 May Neha Bamb , actress. 10 May Sharath.N.A , architect 7 June Nishi Pawar BPO 8 June Bharathiraj RD Instrumentation Engineer. 16 June Suhail Rahim ,Finance Analyst 19 June Kajal Aggarwal , actress. 31 July Arivazhagan AC ,Engineer 4 September Meesam Hyder , Internet Marketing Expert & Entrepreneur. 4 September Ramya Jayaprakasam , Great scholar & Intelligent. 5 September Maanvi Gagroo , actress. 11 November Robin Uthappa , cricketer. 12 August Kalyan Kumar, great engineer Deaths 6 November Sanjeev Kumar actor Sanjeev Kumar , actor b. 1938 in India 1938 . See also Bollywood films of 1985 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1985 In India Category 1985 in India Category 1985 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1950 Events in the year 1950 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India Rajendra Prasad took office on January 26 Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru Events 25 January Election Commission of India Election Commission is established. 26 January The Constitution of India Constitution comes into force making India Union of India a republic , the day is observed as Republic Day ever since and declares Kashmir and Jammu into the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir , thus Kashmir becomes autonomous within the federation. 26 January Dr. Rajendra Prasad moves in to Rashtrapati Bhavan as the first President of India . 8 April Liaquat Nehru Pact signed by Pakistan s Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in New Delhi 31 July 1950 1950 Indo Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship Indo Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship signed 15 August 1950 Medog earthquake Medog earthquake and floods in Assam , India 574 deaths, 5,000,000 believed homeless. 19 December 1950 air crash in Nilgiri Mountain 21 21 deaths THE HINDU 21 DECEMBER 1950 airdisaster.com shows as 13 DECEMBER 1950 Births January to June 5 January Jagathy Sreekumar , comedian actor. 9 January Y. Gee. Mahendra , dramatist , actor , singer playwright and comedian . 14 January Rambhadracharya , Hindu religious leader. 9 February Kilimanoor Chandran , author, poet and columnist. 13 May J. M. Aaron Rashid , politician. July to December 1 ... in 1914 born 1881 in India 1881 . 5 December Sri Aurobindo , nationalist, scholar, poet, mysticism mystic , Evolution philosophy evolutionary philosopher , yoga yogi and guru born 1872 in India 1872 . 15 December Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel , political and social leader born 1875 in India 1875 . See also Bollywood films of 1950 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1950 In India Category 1950 in India Category 1950 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in IndiaIndia hist stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1975 Events in the year 1975 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi Events 19 April The first Indian satellite , Aryabhata satellite Aryabhata , goes into Earth s orbit. 16 May Sikkim annexed to India after a deposing the monarchy. 26 June A Indian Emergency state of emergency is declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during which the press is censored and 100,000 are jailed. 19 December APJ Education Society is started. Chasnala mining disaster Births January to June 31 January Preity Zinta , actress. 28 March Akshaye Khanna , actor and son of Vinod Khanna . 8 February Joe Eshwar , writer, poet and filmmaker. 17 May Dinesh Nayak , field hockey player. 26 May Abbas actor Abbas , actor. 4 June Bhuvaneshwari , actress. July to December 6 July Jeevan , actor. 5 August Kajol , actress. 28 August Eijaz Khan , actor. 16 October Rajeev Khandelwal , actor. 18 October Kunal Kapoor , actor. 11 November Diwakar Pundir , actor. 19 November Sushmita Sen , Miss Universe 1994, actress. 9 December Priya Gill , actress. 14 December Sukhbir Singh Gill , field hockey player. Deaths 17 April Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan , philosopher and statesman, first Vice President of India and second President of India b. 1888 in India 1888 . See also Bollywood films of 1975 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1975 In India Category 1975 in India Category 1975 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1970 Events in the year 1970 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India V. V. Giri Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi Events 7 September MPCB Maharashtra Pollution Control Board is established under the provisions of Maharashtra Prevention of Water Pollution Act, 1969. Bajaj Auto rolls out its 100,000th vehicle. Births January to June 21 February Karunas , comedian actor. 21 March Shobana , actress and dancer. 16 April Mukesh Kumar field hockey Mukesh Kumar , field hockey player. 21 June Rahul Gandhi , Indian politician and member of the parliament of India, representing the Amethi constituency July to December 6 August M. Night Shyamalan , Indian American writer Film director director . 16 August Saif Ali Khan , actor. 10 October Ali actor Ali , actor. 17 October Anil Kumble , cricketer. 27 November Thirumal Valavan , field hockey player. 12 December Cheran director Cheran , director and actor. 20 December Sohail Khan , actor, producer and director. 28 December Sajid Khan , actor. Deaths 24 June Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur , last ruling Maharaja of Jaipur b. 1911 in India 1911 . 24 July Peter de Noronha , businessman , philanthropist and civil servant b. 1897 in India 1897 . 21 November C. V. Raman , Physics physicist , awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics b. 1888 in India 1888 . See also Bollywood films of 1977 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1970 In India Category 1970 in India Category 1970 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
Year in India 1983 Events in the year 1983 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India Zail Singh Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi Events February Bandit Queen Phoolan Devi surrenders. February Hundreds of people die in Assam as fighting rages in the run up to elections. ref http news.bbc.co.uk onthisday hi dates stories february 20 newsid 4269000 4269719.stm 1983 Hundreds die in Assam poll violence BBC On this day ref Arts and literature Ardh Satya wins Filmfare Best Movie Award . Sport 25 June India wins the 1983 Cricket World Cup third Cricket World Cup at Lords under Kapil Dev. Births 3 February T.T. Silambarasan , Actor and Filmmaker 6 February Angad Bedi , actor, model and cricketer. 6 February Sreesanth , cricketer. 8 April Allu Arjun , actor. 20 May N. T. Rama Rao Jr. , actor. 22 June Naresh Kondapalli, masters in uni. of hertfordshire, uk. 11 September Shirya Sharan actress. 23 November Karan Patel , actor. 30 November Nisha Kothari , actress. Deaths 11 June Ghanshyam Das Birla , businessman b. 1894 in India 1894 . Fatima Begum , actress and India s first female film director b. 1892 in India 1892 . References reflist See also Bollywood films of 1983 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1983 In India Category 1983 in India Category 1983 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1981 Events in the year 1981 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi Events July About 308 people die in Bangalore after drinking illicit liquor see 1981 Karnataka liquor deaths . Arasan Ganesan Polytechnic is founded in Sivakasi , Tamilnadu . It is a Government aided co educational technical institute. National Aluminium Company incorporated as a public sector enterprise of the Government of India . July 2 Infosys is founded in Pune Births 3 January Sanggai Chanu , field hockey player. 9 June Celina Jaitley , actress. 17 June Amrita Rao , model and actress. 7 July Mahendra Singh Dhoni , cricketer. 27 September Lakshmipathy Balaji , cricketer. 24 October Mallika Sherawat , actress and model. 27 November Vikram Pillay , field hockey player. 9 December Dia Mirza , actress and model. 12 December Ashok actor Ashok , actor. 12 December Yuvraj Singh , cricketer. Deaths 3 May Nargis , actress b. 1929 in India 1929 . 24 September Brahmarishi Hussain Sha , seventh head of Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham and scholar b. 1905 in India 1905 . 28 December David Abraham Cheulkar , actor b. 1908 in India 1908 . See also Bollywood films of 1981 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1981 In India Category 1981 in India Category 1981 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India Category 1981 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1956 Events in the year 1956 in the IndiaRepublic of India . Incumbents President of India Rajendra Prasad Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru Events 8 March M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar handles the charge as Lok Sabha Speaker. 20 March Sardar Hukam Singh handles the charge as Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker. 14 October Dr. B. R. Ambedkar , India n Dalit outcaste Untouchable leader, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 followers. See Neo Buddhism . 1 November The States Reorganisation Act of India reformed the boundaries and names of Indian states. Exact date unknown Gentlemen s agreement of Andhra Pradesh 1956 signed Arts and literature 15 October Kerala Sahithya Academy , Academy for Malayalam literature , is inaugurated by Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma , the former king of Travancore . Bollywood films of 1956 Births January to June 1 February Brahmanandam , comedian actor. 6 April Dilip Vengsarkar , cricketer. 4 May Kunal Basu , novelist. 6 May Sujata Bhatt , poet. 13 May Sri Sri Ravi Shankar , spiritual and humanitarian leader. July to December 14 July Tanikella Bharani , playwright, script writer and actor. 19 July Rajendra Prasad actor Rajendra Prasad , actor. 17 August Anil Aggrawal , professor of forensic medicine . 19 October Sunny Deol , actor. Full date unknown Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni , author and poet. Deaths 6 December B. R. Ambedkar , nationalist, jurist , Dalit political leader and a Buddhist revivalist born 1891 in India 1891 . See also Bollywood films of 1956 Republic of India year nav DEFAULTSORT 1956 In India Category 1956 in India Category 1956 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in IndiaIndia hist stub ... more details
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