1969 in India

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Events in the year 1969 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• President of India – Zakir Hussain until May 3, V. V. Giri until July 20 (acting president), Mohammad Hidayatullah until August 24 (acting president), V. V. Giri
• Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi

Events

• The Government of India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon, outside the country somewhere in USSR, becoming the sixth nation to do so.
• Indian National Congress splits into two factions. One led by Indira Gandhi and another led by Morarji Desai.
• Rajdhani Express was introduced in 1969.

Exact date unknown

• Kilvenmani massacre
• India was close to insolvency in 1969

Births

• 7 January - Mandakini, actress.
• 7 November - Nandita Das, actress.
• 11 December - Viswanathan Anand, chess grandmaster and current World Chess Champion.

Full date unknown

• Soumya Bhattacharya, journalist and author.

Deaths

• 31 January - Meher Baba, mystic and spiritual master (b.1894).
• 23 February - Madhubala, actress (b.1933).
• 3 May - Zakir Hussain, politician and third President of India (b.1897).
• 28 July - Annabhau Sathe, social reformer and writer (b.1920).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1969

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