1949 in India

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

Events in the year 1949 in India.

Incumbents

1 January – After eight months of fighting between the Indian forces and the Pakistan Army agreed to a ceasefire, ordered by the United Nations Security Council, takes effect in Kashmir region.
1 January – The Reserve Bank of India was nationalised.
28 April – India issues the London Declaration, enabling it (and, thereafter, any other nation) to remain in the British Commonwealth despite becoming a republic, creating the position of 'Head of the Commonwealth', and renaming the organisation as the 'Commonwealth of Nations'.
6 June – With the passage of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act by the Indian government, Mahabodhi Temple is restored to partial Buddhist control.
27 July – India and Pakistan sign the Karachi Agreement
9 September – Queen Kanchanprabha Devi signs the Tripura Merger Agreement
15 October – Tripura becomes a part of the Union of India
15 November – Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
26 November – New constitution is adopted by the Indian Constituent Assembly.
28 December – Central Reserve Police Force Act enacted.

13 January – Rakesh Sharma, Indian Air Force pilot and cosmonaut.
7 March – Ghulam Nabi Azad, politician.
4 April – Parveen Babi, actress (died 2005).
1 June
- T. M. Abraham, theatre director.
- Gautam Chattopadhyay, musicologist and film maker, founder member of Moheener Ghoraguli. (died 1999)
21 August – Ahmed Patel, politician (died 2020).
23 August – Bansi Kaul, theatre director (died 2021)
30 October – Pramod Mahajan, politician (died 2006).
12 December – Gopinath Munde, politician (died 2014).

10 April – Birbal Sahni, paleobotanist (born 1891).
19 June – Syed Zafarul Hasan, Muslim philosopher (born 1885).
15 November – Narayan Apte, accomplice in assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, executed (born 1911).
15 November – Nathuram Godse, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, executed (born 1910).