1951 in India

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Events in the year 1951 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents[]

  • President of India – Rajendra Prasad[1]
  • Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Chief Justice of India – H. J. Kania (until 6 Nov.), M. Patanjali Sastri (starting 6 Nov.)


Governors[]

Events[]

  • 4-11 March, First Asian Games held in Delhi.
  • 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.
  • 26 June - Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju, politician and member of parliament from vizianagram.
  • 10 July – Narayanasami Sathyamurthy, scientist.
  • 11 July - Naramalli Sivaprasad, politician and member of parliament from Chittoor. (died 2019)

Deaths[]

  • 15 February – Stephen Hector Taylor-Smith, rocket scientist (born 1891).
  • 5 December – Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter writer (born 1871).[2]

See also[]

  • Bollywood films of 1951

References[]

  1. ^ "Rajendra Prasad | Biography & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. ^ Roshen Dalal (23 August 2017). India at 70: snapshots since Independenc. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. p. 40. ISBN 978-93-86815-37-8.
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