1960 in India

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See also:	List of years in India; Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1960 in the Republic of India.(post Independence period)

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1 May – Gujarat State and Maharashtra State are formed from the State of Bombay as laid down by the States Reorganisation Act.
1 May – In India, 1 May is declared as 'Maharashtra Divas', i.e., Maharashtra Day (the same day is also celebrated as 'Kaamgaar Divas', i.e., Workers Day) or 'Gujarat Diwas'.
1 May – Yashwantrao Chavan took oath as the 1st Chief Minister of Maharashtra
20 June – Maharashtra State Electricity Board formed.
The ninth amendments of the Constitution of India

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Air India enters United States with flights to New York.
Bajaj Auto goes public.
Goa, Diu and Daman were freed from Portuguese rule and became parts of the Indian federation.

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2 January – Raman Lamba, cricketer
5 February – Maganti Venkateswara Rao, politician and member of parliament from Eluru.
1 May – Y. V. Subba Reddy, politician from YSR Congress Party and former member of parliament from Ongole.
25 June – Suresh Gopi, actor.
11 July – Kumar Gaurav, actor.
13 September – Karthik Muthuraman, actor.

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30 January – J. C. Kumarappa, economist (born 1892).
2 February – Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja, Hindu teacher (born 1884).
20 April – Pannalal Ghosh, flute (bānsurī) player and composer (born 1911).
27 April – Rajshekhar Basu, writer, chemist and lexicographer (born 1880).

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