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{{Year in India|1969}}<br />
Events in the year '''1969 in the Republic of India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[President of India]] – [[Zakir Hussain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]] until 3 May, [[V. V. Giri]] until 20 July (acting president), [[Mohammad Hidayatullah]] until 24 August (acting president), [[V. V. Giri]]<br />
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Indira Gandhi]]<br />
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[Mohammad Hidayatullah]]<br />
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===Governors===<br />
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Gujarat|Gujarat]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Haryana|Haryana]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Nagaland|Nagaland]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] –<br />
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==Events taken place in 1969==<br />
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* 18 September: Start of the [[1969 Gujarat riots]]<br />
*[[Indian National Congress]] splits into two factions. One led by [[Indira Gandhi]] and another led by [[Morarji Desai]].<br />
* Rajdhani Express was introduced in 1969.<br />
* 14 banks nationalized by Indira Gandhi<br />
* India was close to insolvency in 1969<br />
*ISRO was set up<br />
* CISF came into existence in 1969<br />
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==Births==<br />
*24 May – [[Sudhir Kumar Walia]], Indian Army.<br />
*21 June – [[Padmapani Acharya]], Indian Army.<br />
*7 November – [[Nandita Das]], actress.<br />
*[[File:Vishi Anand-29-4-17.jpg|thumb|140x140px|[[Viswanathan Anand|Vishwanathan Anand]]]]11 December – [[Viswanathan Anand]], [[chess]] [[International Grandmaster|grandmaster]] and multiple time [[World Chess Championship|World Chess Champion]].<br />
===Full date unknown===<br />
*[[Soumya Bhattacharya]], journalist and author.<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*31 January – [[Meher Baba]], mystic and spiritual master (born 1894).<br />
*10 January -Sampurnanand, writer and politician (born 1891).<br />
*23 February – [[Madhubala]], actress (born 1933).<br />
*3 May – [[Zakir Hussain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]], politician and third [[President of India]] (born 1897).<br />
*13 June - [[Acharya Atre]], Writer, Poet, Social Activist in the [[Samyukta Maharashtra Movement]] (born 1898).<br />
*28 July – [[Annabhau Sathe]], social reformer and writer (born 1920).<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bollywood films of 1969]]<br />
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{{Year in Asia|1969}}<br />
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2 February C.N.Annadurai politician-chief Minister of Tamil Nadu(State of India)<br />
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