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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1961 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents[edit | edit source]

Governors[edit | edit source]

Events[edit | edit source]

21 January - Queen Elizabeth II start of Royal visit
4 March - the first Aircraft carrier of Indian Navy, INS Vikrant (R11) was commissioned.^[1]
29 May - Nearly 32 people died in a coastal village in Kollam, Kerala due to chelonitoxism after consuming Turtle meat.^[2]
12 July - Panshet Dam bursts in Pune causing a massive flood in the city of Pune. Over 1,000 people die.
1 November – The Hungry generation movement is launched in Calcutta.
17 December – India reclaims Goa.
18 December – India reclaims Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao and Diu
19 December – Goa is officially ceded to India after 400 years of Portuguese rule.^[3]
The Tenth^[4] and Eleventh Amendments of the Constitution of India (1961)
Anti dowry Act (1961)

Births[edit | edit source]

7 January – Supriya Pathak, actress.
12 June – Jagadish, actor.
6 July – Vandana Chavan, politician and lawyer

Full date unknown[edit | edit source]

V. M. Girija, poet.

Deaths[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

↑ "INS Vikrant, First Make-In-India Aircraft Carrier To Be Commissioned In 2022". IndiaTimes. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
↑ Jyothilal, G. "60 years after 32 people who consumed turtle meat died in Kollam; survivor recollects tragedy". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
↑ "The day India freed Goa from Portuguese rule". BBC News. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
↑ Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of India

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 ===Governors===
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 ==Events==
 * 21 January - Queen Elizabeth II start of Royal visit
+*4 March - the first [[Aircraft carrier]] of [[Indian Navy]], [[INS Vikrant (R11)]] was commissioned.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-25|title=INS Vikrant, First Make-In-India Aircraft Carrier To Be Commissioned In 2022|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/ins-vikrant-first-make-in-india-aircraft-carrier-to-be-commissioned-in-2022-543548.html|access-date=2021-06-26|website=IndiaTimes|language=en-IN}}</ref>
+*29 May - Nearly 32 people died in a coastal village in [[Kollam]], [[Kerala]] due to [[chelonitoxism]] after consuming [[Turtle]] meat.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jyothilal|first=G.|title=60 years after 32 people who consumed turtle meat died in Kollam; survivor recollects tragedy|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/60-years-after-32-people-who-consumed-turtle-meat-died-in-kollam-survivor-recollects-tragedy-1.5773452|access-date=2021-06-26|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en}}</ref>
 * 12 July - [[Panshet Dam]] bursts in [[Pune]] causing a massive flood in the city of Pune. Over 1,000 people die.
 * 1 November – The [[Hungry generation]] movement is launched in Calcutta.
 * 17 December – India reclaims [[Goa]].
 * 18 December – India reclaims [[Portugal|Portuguese]] colonies of [[Goa]], [[Daman, India|Damao]] and [[Diu, India|Diu]]
-* 19 December – [[Goa]] is officially ceded to India after 400 years of Portuguese rule.
+* 19 December – [[Goa]] is officially ceded to India after 400 years of Portuguese rule.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-12-19|title=The day India freed Goa from Portuguese rule|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-42390008|access-date=2021-06-26}}</ref>
 * The Tenth<ref>[[Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of India]]</ref> and Eleventh Amendments of the Constitution of India (1961)
 * Anti dowry Act (1961)
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