1954 in India
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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1954 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents[edit]
- President of India – Rajendra Prasad
- Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
- Vice President of India - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Chief Justice of India –
- until 3 Jan. – M. Patanjali Sastri
- 4 Jan.-22 Dec. – Mehr Chand Mahajan
- starting 23 Dec. – Bijan Kumar Mukherjea
Governors[edit]
- Andhra Pradesh – Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
- Assam – Jairamdas Daulatram
- Bihar – Madhav Shrihari Aney
- Maharashtra – Raja Sir Maharaj Singh
- Odisha – Fazal Ali (until February 9), P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja (starting February 9)
- Punjab – Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
- Rajasthan – Maharaj Man Singh II
- Uttar Pradesh – Hormasji Peroshaw Mody
- West Bengal – Harendra Coomar Mookerjee
Events[edit]
- 22 March – Jayendra Saraswathi becomes the 70th Shankaracharya of Kanchi.
- 5 July – The Andhra Pradesh High Court is established.
- 11 August – Indian annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli: Portuguese forces surrender to the Indian SRP.[1]
- 6 November – Bombay Electricity Board is formed.
- 26 January - First Bharat Ratna in India.
First recipient:C Rajagopalachari Second recipient: Dr.S Radhakrishnan Third recipient:C V Raman
Births[edit]
- 11 January - Kailash Satyarthi, Social Reformer, Co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize 2014.
- 7 March – Anupam Kher, actor.
- 19 March – Indu Shahani, educationist and Sheriff of Mumbai.
- 12 May - Eddapadi K. Palanisamy, chief minister of Tamil Nadu 2018.
- 10 July - Malyadri Sriram, politician and member of parliament from Bapatla.
- 11 August – Yashpal Sharma, cricketer (died 2021).
- 14 September – Shrikant Jichkar, politician (died 2004).
- 3 November – Laxmikant Berde, comic actor (died 2004).
- 7 November – Kamal Haasan, actor and film director.
- 9 November – Shankar Nag, actor and director (died 1990).
Deaths[edit]
- 22 October – Jibanananda Das, poet, writer, novelist and essayist in Bengali (b. 1899)
- 5 December – Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai, civil servant, diplomat and Governor of Bombay (b. 1891)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ P S Lele, Dadra and Nagar Haveli: past and present, Published by Usha P. Lele, 1987,