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Events in the year '''1953 in the Republic of India'''. | Events in the year '''1953 in the Republic of India'''. | ||
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===Governors=== | ===Governors=== | ||
* [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] – | * [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] – [[Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi]] | ||
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – | * [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – [[Jairamdas Daulatram]] | ||
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – | * [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – [[R. R. Diwakar]] | ||
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] – | * [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] – [[Raja Maharaj Singh|Raja Sir Maharaj Singh]] | ||
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] – | * [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] – [[Fazal Ali]] | ||
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] – | * [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] – [[Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi]] (until 11 March), [[Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh]] (starting 11 March) | ||
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] – | * [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] – [[Man Singh|Maharaj Man Singh II]] | ||
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] – [[Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi]] | |||
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] – | * [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] – [[Harendra Coomar Mookerjee]] | ||
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] – | |||
==Events== | ==Events== | ||
*15 June – [[Indian Airlines]] created. | * National income - {{INR}}116,067 million | ||
*[[Air India]] [[nationalisation|nationalised]]. | * 15 June – [[Indian Airlines]] created. | ||
*[[ | * [[Air India]] [[nationalisation|nationalised]].<ref>{{cite web |date=21 June 2017 |title=Air India: Air India was at its peak during the JRD Tata times: Jitendra Bhargava, Former ED, Air India |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/air-india-was-at-its-peak-during-the-jrd-tata-times-jitendra-bhargava-former-ed-air-india/articleshow/59252990.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729005531/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/air-india-was-at-its-peak-during-the-jrd-tata-times-jitendra-bhargava-former-ed-air-india/articleshow/59252990.cms |archive-date=29 July 2017 |access-date=24 October 2017 |publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com}}</ref> | ||
*1 October – [[Andhra State]] was formed carving [[Telugu language|Telugu]] speaking regions out of erstwhile [[Madras Presidency]]. | * 18 June - [[C. Rajagopalachari]] introduced [[Modified Scheme of Elementary Education 1953|Modified Scheme of Elementary Education]] in [[Madras State]]. The scheme was widely criticised and opposed due to [[Casteism]] ingrained in it.<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> | ||
* 15 July - [[Kallakudi demonstration]] in Tamilnadu.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Panneerselvan |first=A. S. |date=2021-03-23 |title=How the Kallakudi agitation became a turning point in Karunanidhi’s political life |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/how-kallakudi-agitation-became-turning-point-karunanidhi-s-political-life-145744 |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref> | |||
* 8 August - [[Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]] [[Sheikh Abdullah]] and his government dismissed by Sadr-e-Riyasat [[Karan Singh]]. | |||
* 15 September - Police firing against labourers at [[Mattancherry]] for protesting against the chappa system, an early work-guarantee scheme.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-09-16 |title=Chappa redux: Working class heroes of west Kochi |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/chappa-redux-working-class-heroes-of-west-kochi/articleshow/48982526.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-03-10 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> | |||
* 1 October – [[Andhra State]] was formed carving [[Telugu language|Telugu]] speaking regions out of erstwhile [[Madras Presidency]].<ref>{{cite web |title=THE ANDHRA STATE ACT,1953 |url=http://theindianlawyer.in/statutesnbareacts/acts/a46.html |access-date=26 August 2013 |archive-date=16 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816123339/http://theindianlawyer.in/statutesnbareacts/acts/a46.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
==Law== | |||
* [[Government of India]] sets up first [[Backward classes]] commission headed by [[Kaka Kalelkar]]. | |||
==Births== | ==Births== | ||
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* 27 May – [[Ranjit Sinha]], police officer (died 2021) | * 27 May – [[Ranjit Sinha]], police officer (died 2021) | ||
* 15 June – [[Kambhampati Hari Babu]], politician and member of parliament from [[Visakhapatnam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Visakhapatnam]]. | * 15 June – [[Kambhampati Hari Babu]], politician and member of parliament from [[Visakhapatnam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Visakhapatnam]]. | ||
* 11 July – [[Suresh Prabhu]], Politician, [[Railway Minister]] since 2014 | * 11 July – [[Suresh Prabhu]], Politician, [[Railway Minister]] since 2014. | ||
*24 July {{ndash}} [[Srividya]], actress (died 2006). | |||
*30 August – [[Avinash Balkrishna Patwardhan]], engineer, author and [[Indian classical music]] researcher, | *30 August – [[Avinash Balkrishna Patwardhan]], engineer, author and [[Indian classical music]] researcher, | ||
*8 December – [[Manobala]], director, actor, producer and comedian. | |||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
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* [[Bollywood films of 1953]] | * [[Bollywood films of 1953]] | ||
{{Years in India}} | == References == | ||
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{{Year in Asia|1953}} | {{Year in Asia|1953}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:1953 In India}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:1953 In India}} | ||
[[Category:1953 in India| ]] | [[Category:1953 in India| ]] | ||
[[Category:1953 by country|India]] | [[Category:1953 by country|India]] | ||
[[Category:Years of the 20th century in India]] | [[Category:Years of the 20th century in India]] | ||
[[Category:1950s in India]] | |||
[[Category:1953 in Asia]] | |||
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Events in the year 1953 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents[edit | edit source]
- President of India – Rajendra Prasad
- Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
- Vice President of India - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Chief Justice of India – M. Patanjali Sastri
Governors[edit | edit source]
- Andhra Pradesh – Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
- Assam – Jairamdas Daulatram
- Bihar – R. R. Diwakar
- Maharashtra – Raja Sir Maharaj Singh
- Odisha – Fazal Ali
- Punjab – Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (until 11 March), Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh (starting 11 March)
- Rajasthan – Maharaj Man Singh II
- Uttar Pradesh – Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
- West Bengal – Harendra Coomar Mookerjee
Events[edit | edit source]
- National income - ₹116,067 million
- 15 June – Indian Airlines created.
- Air India nationalised.[1]
- 18 June - C. Rajagopalachari introduced Modified Scheme of Elementary Education in Madras State. The scheme was widely criticised and opposed due to Casteism ingrained in it.[2]
- 15 July - Kallakudi demonstration in Tamilnadu.[3]
- 8 August - Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Sheikh Abdullah and his government dismissed by Sadr-e-Riyasat Karan Singh.
- 15 September - Police firing against labourers at Mattancherry for protesting against the chappa system, an early work-guarantee scheme.[4]
- 1 October – Andhra State was formed carving Telugu speaking regions out of erstwhile Madras Presidency.[5]
Law[edit | edit source]
- Government of India sets up first Backward classes commission headed by Kaka Kalelkar.
Births[edit | edit source]
- 7 January – K. Bhagyaraj, director, actor, script-writer and producer
- 1 April – Hari Chand, long-distance runner
- 8 May, Devi Prasad Shetty, top India's leading heart surgeon and social entrepreneur
- 15 May – Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli, politician and former member of parliament from Tirupati.
- 27 May – Ranjit Sinha, police officer (died 2021)
- 15 June – Kambhampati Hari Babu, politician and member of parliament from Visakhapatnam.
- 11 July – Suresh Prabhu, Politician, Railway Minister since 2014.
- 24 July – Srividya, actress (died 2006).
- 30 August – Avinash Balkrishna Patwardhan, engineer, author and Indian classical music researcher,
- 8 December – Manobala, director, actor, producer and comedian.
Deaths[edit | edit source]
- 22 November – Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, historian, biographer, littérateur and scholar of Islam (born 1884).
- 10 December – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Islamic scholar who translated the Qur'an into English (born 1872).
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Air India: Air India was at its peak during the JRD Tata times: Jitendra Bhargava, Former ED, Air India". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ↑ "Those Were The Days: How Rajaji's 'kula kalvi thittam' became a controversial education reform". dtNext.in. 15 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ↑ Panneerselvan, A. S. (23 March 2021). "How the Kallakudi agitation became a turning point in Karunanidhi's political life". The News Minute. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ↑ "Chappa redux: Working class heroes of west Kochi". The Times of India. 16 September 2015. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ↑ "THE ANDHRA STATE ACT,1953". Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2013.