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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1969 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents[edit | edit source]

President of India – Zakir Hussain until 3 May, V. V. Giri until 20 July (acting president), Mohammad Hidayatullah until 24 August (acting president), V. V. Giri
Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
Chief Justice of India – Mohammad Hidayatullah

Governors[edit | edit source]

Andhra Pradesh – Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
Assam – Braj Kumar Nehru
Bihar – Nityanand Kanungo
Gujarat – Shriman Narayan
Haryana – Birendra Narayan Chakraborty
Jammu and Kashmir – Bhagwan Sahay
Karnataka – Gopal Swarup Pathak (until 30 August), vacant thereafter (starting 30 August)
Kerala – V. Viswanathan
Madhya Pradesh – K. Chengalaraya Reddy
Maharashtra – P V Cherian (until 8 November), vacant thereafter (starting 8 November)
Nagaland – B.K. Nehru
Odisha – Shaukatullah Shah Ansari
Punjab – Dadappa Chintappa Pavate
Rajasthan – Sardar Hukam Singh
Tamil Nadu – Sardar Ujjal Singh (starting 14 January)
Uttar Pradesh – Bezawada Gopala Reddy
West Bengal –
- until 1 April: Dharma Vira
- 1 April-19 September: Deep Narayan Sinha
- starting 19 September: Shanti Swaroop Dhavan

Events[edit | edit source]

National income - ₹438,360 million
14 January - Madras State gets renamed to Tamil Nadu through parliamentary law.^[1]
18 September: Start of the 1969 Gujarat riots
Indian National Congress splits into two factions. One led by Indira Gandhi and another led by Morarji Desai.
Rajdhani Express was introduced
14 banks nationalized
ISRO was set up
CISF came into existence (10 March 1969)

Law.[edit | edit source]

• Registration of Births and Death Act ( RBD Act)

Births[edit | edit source]

24 May – Sudhir Kumar Walia, Indian Army. (died 1999).
21 June – Padmapani Acharya, Indian Army. (died 1999).
7 November – Nandita Das, actress.
Vishwanathan Anand
11 December – Viswanathan Anand, chess grandmaster and multiple time World Chess Champion.

Full date unknown[edit | edit source]

Soumya Bhattacharya, journalist and author.

Deaths[edit | edit source]

31 January – Meher Baba, mystic and spiritual master (born 1894).
10 January -Sampurnanand, writer and politician (born 1891).
23 February – Madhubala, actress (born 1933).
3 May – Zakir Hussain, politician and third President of India (born 1897).
13 June – Acharya Atre, Writer, Poet, Social Activist in the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement (born 1898).
28 July – Annabhau Sathe, social reformer and writer (born 1920).

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Yamunan, Sruthisagar. "Why former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Annadurai decided against renaming Madras state as Tamizh Naadu". Scroll.in. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

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[1] Yamunan, Sruthisagar. "Why former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Annadurai decided against renaming Madras state as Tamizh Naadu". Scroll.in. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

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 ===Governors===
-* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] –
+* [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] – [[Khandubhai Kasanji Desai]]
-* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] –
+* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – [[Braj Kumar Nehru]]
-* [[List of governors of Gujarat|Gujarat]] –
+* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – [[Nityanand Kanungo]]
-* [[List of governors of Haryana|Haryana]] –
+* [[List of governors of Gujarat|Gujarat]] – [[Shriman Narayan]]
-* [[List of governors of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]] –
+* [[List of governors of Haryana|Haryana]] – [[Birendra Narayan Chakraborty]]
-* [[List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] –
+* [[List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] – [[Bhagwan Sahay]]
-* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] –
+* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] – [[Gopal Swarup Pathak]] (until 30 August), vacant thereafter (starting 30 August)
-* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] –
+* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] – [[V. Viswanathan]]
-* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] –
+* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] – [[K. Chengalaraya Reddy]]
-* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] –
+* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] – [[P V Cherian]] (until 8 November), vacant thereafter (starting 8 November)
-* [[List of governors of Nagaland|Nagaland]] –
+* [[List of governors of Nagaland|Nagaland]] – [[B.K. Nehru]]
-* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] –
+* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] – [[Shaukatullah Shah Ansari]]
-* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] –
+* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] – [[D. C. Pavate|Dadappa Chintappa Pavate]]
-* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] –
+* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] – [[Sardar Hukam Singh]]
-* [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] –
+* [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] – [[Sardar Ujjal Singh]] (starting 14 January)
-* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] –
+* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] – [[Bezawada Gopala Reddy]]
 * [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] –
+** until 1 April: [[Dharma Vira]]
+** 1 April-19 September: [[Deep Narayan Sinha]]
+** starting 19 September: [[Shanti Swaroop Dhavan]]
 ==Events==
+* National income - {{INR}}438,360 million
+* 14 January - [[Madras State]] gets renamed to [[Tamil Nadu]] through parliamentary law.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yamunan |first=Sruthisagar |title=Why former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Annadurai decided against renaming Madras state as Tamizh Naadu |url=https://scroll.in/article/964880/why-former-tamil-nadu-chief-minister-annadurai-decided-against-renaming-madras-state-as-tamizh-naadu |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref>
 * 18 September: Start of the [[1969 Gujarat riots]]
+* [[Indian National Congress]] splits into two factions. One led by [[Indira Gandhi]] and another led by [[Morarji Desai]].
+* Rajdhani Express was introduced
+* 14 banks nationalized
+* ISRO was set up
+* CISF came into existence (10 March 1969)
-; Exact date unknown
+==Law.   ==
-*[[Indian National Congress]] splits into two factions. One led by [[Indira Gandhi]] and another led by [[Morarji Desai]].
+• Registration of Births and Death Act ( RBD Act)
-* Rajdhani Express was introduced in 1969.
-* 14 banks nationalized by Indira Gandhi
-* India was close to insolvency in 1969
-*ISRO was set up
-* CISF came into existence in 1969
 ==Births==
-*24 May – [[Sudhir Kumar Walia]], Indian Army.
+*24 May – [[Sudhir Kumar Walia]], Indian Army. (died 1999).
-*21 June – [[Padmapani Acharya]], Indian Army.
+*21 June – [[Padmapani Acharya]], Indian Army. (died 1999).
 *7 November – [[Nandita Das]], actress.
 *[[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]].
 ===Full date unknown===
 *[[Soumya Bhattacharya]], journalist and author.
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 *23 February – [[Madhubala]], actress (born 1933).
 *3 May – [[Zakir Hussain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]], politician and third [[President of India]] (born 1897).
-*13 June - [[Acharya Atre]], Writer, Poet, Social Activist in the [[Samyukt Maharashtra Movement]] (born 1898).
+*13 June – [[Acharya Atre]], Writer, Poet, Social Activist in the [[Samyukta Maharashtra Movement]] (born 1898).
 *28 July – [[Annabhau Sathe]], social reformer and writer (born 1920).
 == See also ==
-* [[Bollywood films of 1969]]
+* [[List of Bollywood films of 1969]]
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 February C.N.Annadurai politician-chief Minister of Tamil Nadu(State of India)
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+{{Reflist}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:1969 in India}}
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+}}
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