1951 in India

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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1951 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents[edit]

President of India – Rajendra Prasad^[1]
Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
Chief Justice of India – H. J. Kania (until 6 Nov.), M. Patanjali Sastri (starting 6 Nov.)

Governors[edit]

Assam –
Bihar –
Maharashtra –
Odisha –
Punjab –
Rajasthan –
Tamil Nadu –
Uttar Pradesh –
West Bengal –

Events[edit]

4-11 March, First Asian Games held in Delhi.
18 June – First Amendment of the Constitution of India says "state can make special provisions for advancement of any backward class"
5 November – Central Railway is formed by the merger of several government-owned railways.
Western Railway is formed by merging smaller railways.

Arts and literature[edit]

16 December – Salar Jung Museum is opened to the public by the Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru....

Births[edit]

1 January – Nana Patekar, actor and filmmaker.
17 January – Bindu, actress.
1 March – Nitish Kumar, politician and Chief Minister of Bihar.
26 June - Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju, politician and member of parliament from vizianagram.
10 July – Narayanasami Sathyamurthy, scientist.
11 July - Naramalli Sivaprasad, politician and member of parliament from Chittoor. (died 2019)

Deaths[edit]

15 February – Stephen Hector Taylor-Smith, rocket scientist (born 1891).
5 December – Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter writer (born 1871).^[2]

References[edit]

↑ "Rajendra Prasad | Biography & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
↑ Roshen Dalal (23 August 2017). India at 70: snapshots since Independenc. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. pp. 40–. ISBN 978-93-86815-37-8.

[1] "Rajendra Prasad | Biography & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

[Dalal2017-2] Roshen Dalal (23 August 2017). India at 70: snapshots since Independenc. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. pp. 40–. ISBN 978-93-86815-37-8.

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