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===Governors=== | ===Governors=== | ||
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* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – | * [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – | ||
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – | * [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – | ||
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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1959 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 – Sudhi Ranjan Das (until 30 Sep.), Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha (starting 1 Oct.)
Governors
- Andhra Pradesh –
- Assam –
- Bihar –
- Karnataka –
- Kerala –
- Madhya Pradesh –
- Maharashtra –
- Odisha –
- Punjab –
- Rajasthan –
- Uttar Pradesh –
- West Bengal –
Events
- Bajaj Auto obtains license from Government of India to manufacture two- and three-wheelers in India.
- Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of India
- India grants political asylum to the Dalai Lama after he flees from Tibet.
Births
- 3 January - Ninong Ering, politician and member of parliament from Arunachal East.
- 6 January – Kapil Dev, cricketer.
- 29 July – Sanjay Dutt, actor.
- 19 December – H. D. Kumaraswamy, politician and Chief Minister of Karnataka.
Deaths
- 1 November – M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, actor and Carnatic singer (born 1909).
- 4 December – Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi, freedom fighter and first general secretary of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. (born 1888)