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	* [[President of India]] – [[Rajendra Prasad]]		* [[President of India]] – [[Rajendra Prasad]]
	* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]		* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
	* [[Vice President of India]] - [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]		* [[Vice President of India]] – [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]
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	** until 3 Jan. – [[M. Patanjali Sastri]]		** until 3 Jan. – [[M. Patanjali Sastri]]
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	* [[List of governors of Bihar\|Bihar]] – [[Madhav Shrihari Aney]]		* [[List of governors of Bihar\|Bihar]] – [[Madhav Shrihari Aney]]
	* [[List of governors of Maharashtra\|Maharashtra]] – [[Raja Sir Maharaj Singh]]		* [[List of governors of Maharashtra\|Maharashtra]] – [[Raja Sir Maharaj Singh]]
	* [[List of governors of Odisha\|Odisha]] – [[Fazal Ali]] (until February 9), [[P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja]] (starting February 9)		* [[List of governors of Odisha\|Odisha]] – [[Fazal Ali]] (until 9 February), [[P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja]] (starting 9 February)
	* [[List of governors of Punjab, India\|Punjab]] – [[Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi]]		* [[List of governors of Punjab, India\|Punjab]] – [[Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi]]
	* [[List of governors of Rajasthan\|Rajasthan]] – [[Maharaj Man Singh II]]		* [[List of governors of Rajasthan\|Rajasthan]] – [[Maharaj Man Singh II]]
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	==Events==		==Events==
	*[[22 March]] – [[Jayendra Saraswathi]] becomes the 70th [[Shankaracharya of Kanchi]].		* National income - {{INR}}109,771 million
	*[[~~5 July~~]] – The [[~~Andhra Pradesh High Court~~]] ~~is established~~.		* [[26 January]] – First Bharat Ratna in India :
	*[[~~11 August~~]] – [[Indian annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli]]: Portuguese forces surrender to the Indian SRP.<ref>P S Lele, Dadra and Nagar Haveli: past and present, Published by Usha P. Lele, 1987,</ref>		** First recipient: [[C. Rajagopalachari]]
	*[[6 November]] – Bombay Electricity Board is formed.		** Second recipient: [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]
	*[[~~26 January~~]] ~~- First Bharat Ratna~~ in ~~India.~~		** Third recipient: [[C. V. Raman]]
	~~First recipient:C Rajagopalachari~~		*15 February - [[1954 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election\|Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election]] results in majority for [[Indian National Congress]]. [[Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress]] makes significant gains in [[Kanyakumari]] region.
	~~Second recipient: Dr~~.~~S Radhakrishnan~~		* [[22 March]] – [[Jayendra Saraswathi]] becomes the 70th [[Shankaracharya of Kanchi]].
	~~Third recipient:C V Raman~~		* 4 April – [[Congress Working Committee]] set up a subcommittee under [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'s chairmanship to examine the working of the [[Constitution of India]].<ref name=":03">{{Cite book \|last=Austin \|first=Granville \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r42bAAAAMAAJ \|title=Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|year=1999 \|isbn=0195648889 \|pages=101 \|language=en}}</ref>
			* 29 April - [[India]] and [[China]] signs [[Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence\|Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence (Panchsheel)]].
			* 18 May - [[K. Kamaraj]] drops the controversial [[Modified Scheme of Elementary Education 1953\|Modified Scheme of Elementary Education]] introduced by [[Rajaji]] in [[Madras State]].<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2019-12-15 \|title=Those Were The Days: How Rajaji’s ‘kula kalvi thittam’ became a controversial education reform \|url=https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2019/12/15013004/1203824/Those-Were-The-Days-How-Rajajis-kula-kalvi-thittam-.vpf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927152855/https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2019/12/15013004/1203824/Those-Were-The-Days-How-Rajajis-kula-kalvi-thittam-.vpf \|archive-date=2020-09-27 \|access-date=2025-10-23 \|work=dtNext.in \|language=en-US}}</ref>
			* 8 July - [[Bhakra-Nangal Dam]] inaugurated.
			* 11 August – Indian annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli: Portuguese forces surrender to the Indian SRP.<ref>P S Lele, Dadra and Nagar Haveli: past and present, Published by Usha P. Lele, 1987,</ref>
			* Seven killed in police firing in [[Travancore]] following agitation by [[Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Why did Kerala surrender Kanyakumari to Tamil Nadu without a fight? \|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2020/10/31/why-did-kerala-surrender-kanyakumari-to-tamil-nadu.html \|access-date=2024-07-24 \|website=www.onmanorama.com}}</ref>
			* [[6 November]] – Bombay Electricity Board is formed.
			*7 December - [[National Defence Academy (India)\|National Defence Academy]] inaugurated at Pune.
			*Sahitya Akademi was established in 1954

			==Law==
			* [[5 July]] – The [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]] is established.

	==Births==		==Births==
	*~~[[January 11\|~~11 January~~]] -~~ [[Kailash Satyarthi]], Social Reformer, Co-recipient of [[2014 Nobel Peace Prize\|Nobel Peace Prize 2014]].		*11 January – [[Kailash Satyarthi]], Social Reformer, Co-recipient of [[2014 Nobel Peace Prize\|Nobel Peace Prize 2014]]
	*~~[[7 March]] – [[Anupam Kher]], actor.~~		*
	*~~[[19~~ March]] – [[~~Indu Shahani~~]], ~~educationist~~ and ~~[[Sheriff of Mumbai]].~~		*25 March – [[Pinky Lilani]], author and businesswoman
	*[[12 May~~]] -~~ [[~~Eddapadi~~ K. ~~Palanisamy~~]], chief minister of Tamil Nadu 2018.		*12 May – [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]], chief minister of Tamil Nadu 2018.
	*[[10 July~~]] -~~ [[Malyadri Sriram]], politician and member of parliament from [[Bapatla (SC) (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Bapatla]].		*4 July {{ndash}} [[Manjula Vijayakumar]], actress (died 2013).
	*[[11 August]] – [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)\|Yashpal Sharma]], cricketer (died 2021).		*10 July – [[Malyadri Sriram]], politician and member of parliament from [[Bapatla (SC) (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Bapatla]].
	*[[14 September]] – [[Shrikant Jichkar]], politician (died 2004).		*14 July
	*[[3 ~~November~~]] – [[Laxmikant Berde]], comic actor (died 2004).		** [[Tanikella Bharani]], playwright, script writer and actor.
	*[[7 November]] – [[Kamal Haasan]], actor and film director.		** [[R. Sarathkumar]], actor and politician.
	*[[9 November]] – [[Shankar Nag]], actor and director (died 1990).		*23 July – [[Nadeem al-Wajidi]], Islamic scholar and writer (died 2024).
			*1 August {{ndash}} [[Gurinder Singh\|Baba Gurinder Singh]], Fifth and Present Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas.
			*11 August – [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)\|Yashpal Sharma]], cricketer (died 2021).
			*14 September – [[Shrikant Jichkar]], politician (died 2004).
			*15 September {{ndash}} [[P. Vasu]], film director and actor.
			*3 October {{ndash}} [[Sathyaraj]], actor, producer and director.
			*3 November – [[Laxmikant Berde]], comic actor (died 2004).
			*7 November – [[Kamal Haasan]], actor and film director.
			*9 November – [[Shankar Nag]], actor and director (died 1990).

	==Deaths==		==Deaths==
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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Bollywood films of 1954]]		* [[List of Bollywood films of 1954]]

	==References==		==References==
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	===Governors===		===Governors===
			* [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh\|Andhra Pradesh]] – [[Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi]]
	* [[List of governors of Assam\|Assam]] – [[Jairamdas Daulatram]]		* [[List of governors of Assam\|Assam]] – [[Jairamdas Daulatram]]
	* [[List of governors of Bihar\|Bihar]] – [[Madhav Shrihari Aney]]		* [[List of governors of Bihar\|Bihar]] – [[Madhav Shrihari Aney]]

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{{Year in India|1954}}
Events in the year '''1954 in the Republic of India'''.

==Incumbents==
* [[President of India]] – [[Rajendra Prasad]]
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
* [[Vice President of India]] - [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]
* [[Chief Justice of India]] –
** until 3 Jan. – [[M. Patanjali Sastri]]
** 4 Jan.-22 Dec. – [[Mehr Chand Mahajan]]
** starting 23 Dec. – [[Bijan Kumar Mukherjea]]

===Governors===
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – [[Jairamdas Daulatram]]
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – [[Madhav Shrihari Aney]]
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] – [[Raja Sir Maharaj Singh]]
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] – [[Fazal Ali]] (until February 9), [[P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja]] (starting February 9)
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] – [[Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi]]
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] – [[Maharaj Man Singh II]]
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] – [[Hormasji Peroshaw Mody]]
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] – [[Harendra Coomar Mookerjee]]

==Events==
*[[22 March]] – [[Jayendra Saraswathi]] becomes the 70th [[Shankaracharya of Kanchi]].
*[[5 July]] – The [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]] is established.
*[[11 August]] – [[Indian annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli]]: Portuguese forces surrender to the Indian SRP.<ref>P S Lele, Dadra and Nagar Haveli: past and present, Published by Usha P. Lele, 1987,</ref>
*[[6 November]] – Bombay Electricity Board is formed.
*[[26 January]] - First Bharat Ratna in India.
First recipient:C Rajagopalachari
Second recipient: Dr.S Radhakrishnan
Third recipient:C V Raman

==Births==
*[[January 11|11 January]] - [[Kailash Satyarthi]], Social Reformer, Co-recipient of [[2014 Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Peace Prize 2014]].
*[[7 March]] – [[Anupam Kher]], actor.
*[[19 March]] – [[Indu Shahani]], educationist and [[Sheriff of Mumbai]].
*[[12 May]] - [[Eddapadi K. Palanisamy]], chief minister of Tamil Nadu 2018.
*[[10 July]] - [[Malyadri Sriram]], politician and member of parliament from [[Bapatla (SC) (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bapatla]].
*[[11 August]] – [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]], cricketer (died 2021).
*[[14 September]] – [[Shrikant Jichkar]], politician (died 2004).
*[[3 November]] – [[Laxmikant Berde]], comic actor (died 2004).
*[[7 November]] – [[Kamal Haasan]], actor and film director.
*[[9 November]] – [[Shankar Nag]], actor and director (died 1990).

==Deaths==
*[[22 October]] – [[Jibanananda Das]], poet, writer, novelist and essayist in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] (b. [[1899 in India|1899]])
*[[5 December]] – Sir [[Girija Shankar Bajpai]], civil servant, diplomat and Governor of Bombay (b. [[1891 in India|1891]])

== See also ==
* [[Bollywood films of 1954]]

==References==
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