1949 in India

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Events in the year 1949 in India.

Incumbents

• King of India – George VI
• Governor-General of the Dominion of India – C. Rajagopalachari
• Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru

Events

• National income - ₹92,908 million

January - June

• 1 January – After eight months of fighting between the Indian forces and the Pakistan Army agreed to a ceasefire, ordered by the United Nations Security Council, takes effect in Kashmir region.
• 1 January – The Reserve Bank of India was nationalized.
• 30 March - Fifteen Princely states joined to form Greater Rajasthan.^[1]
• 28 April – India issues the London Declaration, enabling it (and, thereafter, any other nation) to remain in the British Commonwealth despite becoming a republic, creating the position of 'Head of the Commonwealth', and renaming the organisation as the 'Commonwealth of Nations'.
• 6 June – With the passage of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act by the Indian government, Mahabodhi Temple is restored to partial Buddhist control.

July - September

• 27 July – India and Pakistan sign the Karachi Agreement
• 9 September – Queen Kanchanprabha Devi signs the Tripura Merger Agreement.
• 17 September - Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam a linguistic regional party based in Tamil Nadu formed.^[2]
• 18 September - Indian rupee suffers devaluation due to 30% devaluation of Pound sterling by Chancellor of the Exchequer.^[3]
• 21 September - Manipur (princely state) merges with India following agreement between V. P. Menon and Bodhchandra Singh.^[4]

October - December

• 11 October - Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru arrived at Washington, D.C. for a three week visit in United States and was received by Harry S. Truman.^[5]
• 15 October – Tripura becomes a part of the Union of India
• 15 November – Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
• 26 November - Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India.^[6]
• 22 December - Planting of ram idol inside Babri Masjid by Abhiram Das.^[7]
• 28 December – Central Reserve Police Force Act enacted.
• 31 December - An armed group of Communist Party of India activists killed four Police officers in Travancore–Cochin.^[8]

Law

• Constitution is adopted by the Indian Constituent Assembly.
• Central Reserve Police Force Act
• Electricity Act
• Police Act
• Banking Regulation Act
• Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Act
• Industrial Disputes (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act
• Central Reserve Police Force Act
• Mangrol and Manavadar (Administration of Property) Act
• Seaward Artillery Practice Act
• Chartered Accountants Act
• Payment Of Taxes (Transfer Of Property) Act
• Abducted Persons (Recovery and Restoration) Act

Births

• 13 January – Rakesh Sharma, Indian Air Force pilot and cosmonaut.
• 7 March – Ghulam Nabi Azad, politician.
• 4 April – Parveen Babi, actress (died 2005).
• 1 June
  • T. M. Abraham, theatre director.
  • Gautam Chattopadhyay, musicologist and film maker, founder member of Moheener Ghoraguli. (died 1999)
• 29 June – A. Anwhar Raajhaa, politician
• 10 July – Sunil Gavaskar, cricketer
• 21 August – Ahmed Patel, politician (died 2020).
• 23 August – Bansi Kaul, theatre director (died 2021)
• 30 October – Pramod Mahajan, politician (died 2006).
• 12 December – Gopinath Munde, politician (died 2014).

Deaths

• 2 March - Sarojini Naidu, Activism, (aged 70 years)
• 10 April – Birbal Sahni, paleobotanist (born 1891).
• 19 June – Syed Zafarul Hasan, Muslim philosopher (born 1885).
• 15 November – Narayan Apte, accomplice in assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, executed (born 1911).
• 15 November – Nathuram Godse, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, executed (born 1910).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1949

References