1950 in India

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Events in the year 1950 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• President of India – Rajendra Prasad took office on January 26
• Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru

Events

• 25 January - Election Commission is established.
• 26 January - The Constitution comes into force making India a republic, the day is observed as Republic Day ever since and declares Kashmir and Jammu into the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, thus Kashmir becomes autonomous within the federation.
• 26 January - Dr. Rajendra Prasad moves in to Rashtrapati Bhavan as the first President of India.
• 8 April - Liaquat–Nehru Pact signed by Pakistan's Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in New Delhi
• 31 July 1950 - Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship signed
• 15 August - Medog earthquake and floods in Assam, India: 574 deaths, 5,000,000 believed homeless.
• 19 December - [1950 air crash in Nilgiri Mountain ] 21 :21 deaths - THE HINDU - 21'DECEMBER-1950 airdisaster.com shows as 13 DECEMBER 1950

Births

January to June

• 5 January - Jagathy Sreekumar, comedian-actor.
• 9 January - Y. Gee. Mahendra, dramatist, actor, singer playwright and comedian.
• 14 January - Rambhadracharya, Hindu religious leader.
• 9 February - Kilimanoor Chandran, author, poet and columnist.
• 13 May - J. M. Aaron Rashid, politician.

July to December

• 1 July - Ekram Ali, poet and critic.
• 19 August - Sudha Murty, social worker and Author
• 17 September - Narendra Modi, politician and Chief Minister of Gujarat.
• 18 September - Shabana Azmi, actress and social activist.
• 24 September - Mohinder Amarnath, cricketer.
• 12 December - Rajinikanth, actor.

Full date unknown

• Tom Alter, actor.

Deaths

• 24 June - Darwan Singh Negi, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1914 (born 1881).
• 5 December - Sri Aurobindo, nationalist, scholar, poet, mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru (born 1872).
• 15 December - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, political and social leader (born 1875).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1950

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