1961 in India

Template:Year in region Events in the year 1961 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents[edit]

Governors[edit]

Events[edit]

21 January - Queen Elizabeth II start of Royal visit
4 March - the first Aircraft carrier of Indian Navy, INS Vikrant (R11) was commissioned.^[1]
29 May - Nearly 32 people died in a coastal village in Kollam, Kerala due to chelonitoxism after consuming Turtle meat.^[2]
12 July - Panshet Dam bursts in Pune causing a massive flood in the city of Pune. Over 1,000 people die.
1 November – The Hungry generation movement is launched in Calcutta.
17 December – India reclaims Goa.
18 December – India reclaims Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao and Diu
19 December – Goa is officially ceded to India after 400 years of Portuguese rule.^[3]
The Tenth^[4] and Eleventh Amendments of the Constitution of India (1961)
Anti dowry Act (1961)

Births[edit]

7 January – Supriya Pathak, actress.
12 June – Jagadish, actor.
6 July – Vandana Chavan, politician and lawyer

Full date unknown[edit]

V. M. Girija, poet.

Deaths[edit]

References[edit]

↑ "INS Vikrant, First Make-In-India Aircraft Carrier To Be Commissioned In 2022". IndiaTimes. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
↑ Jyothilal, G. "60 years after 32 people who consumed turtle meat died in Kollam; survivor recollects tragedy". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
↑ "The day India freed Goa from Portuguese rule". BBC News. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
↑ Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of India

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[1] "INS Vikrant, First Make-In-India Aircraft Carrier To Be Commissioned In 2022". IndiaTimes. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.

[2] Jyothilal, G. "60 years after 32 people who consumed turtle meat died in Kollam; survivor recollects tragedy". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 26 June 2021.

[3] "The day India freed Goa from Portuguese rule". BBC News. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2021.

[4] Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of India

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