1949 in India
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Events in the year 1949 in India.
Incumbents
[edit]- King of India – George VI
- Governor-General of the Dominion of India – C. Rajagopalachari
- Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
Events
[edit]- National income - ₹92,908 million
January - June
[edit]- 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 nationalized.
- 30 March - Fifteen Princely states joined to form Greater Rajasthan.[1]
- 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'.
- 25 May - Kollam Textile Mill strike by United Trade Union Congress demanding payment of bonus to workers.
- 6 June – With the passage of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act by the Indian government, Mahabodhi Temple is restored to partial Buddhist control.
July - September
[edit]- 1 July - Princely state of Travancore and Kingdom of Cochin enters into Thiru - Kochi Pact.[2]
- 27 July – India and Pakistan sign the Karachi Agreement
- 9 September – Queen Kanchanprabha Devi signs the Tripura Merger Agreement.
- 17 September - Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam a linguistic regional party based in Tamil Nadu formed.[3]
- 18 September - Indian rupee suffers devaluation due to 30% devaluation of Pound sterling by Chancellor of the Exchequer.[4]
- 21 September - Manipur (princely state) merges with India following agreement between V. P. Menon and Bodhchandra Singh.[5]
October - December
[edit]- 11 October - Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru arrived at Washington, D.C. for a three week visit in United States and was received by Harry S. Truman.[6]
- 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 - Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India.[7]
- 22 December - Planting of ram idol inside Babri Masjid by Abhiram Das.[8]
- 28 December – Central Reserve Police Force Act enacted.
- 31 December - An armed group of Communist Party of India activists killed four Police officers in Travancore–Cochin.[9]
Law
[edit]- Constitution is adopted by the Indian Constituent Assembly.
- Central Reserve Police Force Act
- Electricity Act
- Police Act
- Banking Regulation Act
- Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Act
- Industrial Disputes (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act
- Central Reserve Police Force Act
- Mangrol and Manavadar (Administration of Property) Act
- Seaward Artillery Practice Act
- Chartered Accountants Act
- Payment Of Taxes (Transfer Of Property) Act
- Abducted Persons (Recovery and Restoration) Act
Births
[edit]- 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)
- 29 June – A. Anwhar Raajhaa, politician
- 10 July – Sunil Gavaskar, cricketer
- 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).
Deaths
[edit]- 2 March - Sarojini Naidu, Activism, (aged 70 years)
- 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).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "HT This Day: March 31, 1949 -- Greater Rajasthan is born". Hindustan Times. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "75 years of Kochi-Travancore merger: A far-sighted king who gave up his kingdom for an almanac". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Early decades of DMK in 6 volumes". The Hindu. 30 August 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ "Pound devalued 30 per cent | 1940-1949 | Guardian Century". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ Akoijam, A. Bimol (2001). "How History Repeats Itself". Economic and Political Weekly. 36 (30): 2807–2812. ISSN 0012-9976.
- ^ "Nehru's 1949 'goodwill tour' of US & how it opened a new chapter in bilateral relations". ThePrint. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Explained: What happened on 26.11.1949, celebrated as India's Constitution Day?". The Indian Express. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "The Untold Story of How the Rama Idol Surfaced Inside Babri Masjid". The Wire. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ "Sooranad Revolution martyrs remembered". The Hindu. 15 February 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 February 2024.