1959 in India

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Events in the year 1959 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• President of India – Rajendra Prasad
• Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru

Events

• 17 March - Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet and travels to India.
• September - Doordarshan-India's national state-owned broadcaster established.
• Bajaj Auto obtains license from Government of India to manufacture two- and three-wheelers in India.

Births

• 6 January - Kapil Dev, cricketer.
• 29 July - Sanjay Dutt, actor.
• 10 November [Pawan Bansal] Ferozepur, Punjab
• 19 December - H. D. Kumaraswamy, politician and Chief Minister of Karnataka.
• 29 December - Anil Kapoor, actor and producer.

Deaths

• 1 November - M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, actor and Carnatic singer (born 1909).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1959

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