Events in the year 1951 in the Republic 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 is formed by the merger of several government-owned railways.
• 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.
• 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).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1951