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Events in the year 1955 in the Republic of India.

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 – Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
  • Assam – Jairamdas Daulatram
  • Bihar – R. R. Diwakar
  • Bombay – Harekrushna Mahatab (starting 2 March)
  • Jammu and Kashmir – Karan Singh
  • Orissa – P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja
  • Punjab – Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
  • Rajasthan – Maharaj Man Singh II
  • Uttar Pradesh – Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
  • West Bengal – Harendra Coomar Mookerjee

Events

  • National income - 111,748 million
  • 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.

Law

  • The Hindu Marriage Act

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.
  • 22 August Chiranjeevi Konidela, actor.
  • 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).
  • 25 April – Zamin Ali, educator and author (born 1893).
  • Nobel death day 10 December 1955

See also

  • List of Bollywood films of 1955

References