1955 in India

Events in the year 1955 in the Republic of India.

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Centuries:	18th
Decades:
See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Incumbents

Federal government

• President of India – Rajendra Prasad
• Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
• Vice President of India - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
• Chief Justice of India – Bijan Kumar Mukherjea

Governors

• Andhra Pradesh –
• Assam –
• Bihar –
• Maharashtra –
• Odisha –
• Punjab –
• Rajasthan –
• Uttar Pradesh –
• West Bengal –

Events

• The Imperial Bank of India, the oldest (est. 1921) and the largest commercial bank of the Indian subcontinent, was transformed into the State Bank of India.
• The Hindu Marriage Act enacted

Births

• 5 January - Mamata Banerjee, politician
• 27 January - Ratnottama Sengupta, film journalist
• 7 March - Anupam Kher, actor
• 3 April - Hariharan, playback singer
• 11 April - Rohini Hattangadi, actress.
• 2 May – Maharaj Krishan Kaushik, field hockey player and coach. (died 2021)
• 11 May – Keshav Desiraju, civil servant (died 2021)
• 24 May - Rajesh Roshan, music director
• 25 August – Khan Shein Kunwar, short story writer.
• 17 October – Smita Patil, actress (died 1986).
• 5 November – Karan Thapar, television commentator and interviewer.
• 8 November - Pandula Ravindra Babu, politician and member of parliament from Amalapuram.
• 29 November - Rajendrasinh Jadeja, cricketer (died 2021)
• 1 December - Udit Narayan, playback singer
• 12 December – Chandan Mitra, journalist (died 2021)
• 13 December – Manohar Parrikar, politician and Chief Minister of Goa. (died 2019)

Deaths

• 1 January – Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, scientist (born 1894).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1955

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