1948 in India
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Events in the year 1948 in India.
Incumbents
- King of India – George VI
- Lord Mountbatten of Burma
- Governor-General of the Dominion of India – C. Rajagopalachari(from 21 June)
- Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
Events
- National income - ₹93,590 million
- 1 January - India decides to take Kashmir issue to United Nations.[1]
- 30 January – Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi: The freedom fighter, a leader of India, Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse.[2]
- 15 February – Junagadh and Manavadar (princely state) rescinds accession to Pakistan, and accedes to India.
- 24 February – A plebiscite conducted in Junagadh Stateon which 99% approves accession to India.
- 8 March - Princely state of Jath accedes to India
- 10 March - Inaugural meeting of Madras.[3]
- 15 April – Mandi District was formed by the amalgamation of the erstwhile princely states of Mandi and Suket on the formation of Himachal Pradesh.
- 1 May – First Kashmir War, India confronts the aggressors and fights the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 and is engaged with the Dominion of Pakistanfor the first time
- 6 September – The Nizam of Hyderabad in Deccan having failed to retain independence decides to accede to the UN, pending resolutions regarding the issue.
- 12 September - Dominion of India launches Operation Polo on Hyderabad.[4]
- 18 September – State of Hyderabad joins the Dominion of India
Law
- Factories Act
- Minimum Wages Act
- Pharmacy Act
- Employees' State Insurance Act
- Insurance Act
- Expiring Laws Continuance Act
- Dock Workers (Regulation Of Employment) Act
- Territorial Army Act
- Census Act
- Dentists Act
- Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) Act
- Central Silk Board Act
- Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act
- Industrial Finance Corporation Act
- Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act
- Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Act
- Reserve Bank (Transfer to Public Ownership) Act
- National Cadet Corps Act
- Electricity (Supply) Act
- Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act
- Resettlement Of Displaced Persons (Land Acquisition) Act
Births
- 7 January – Shobhaa De, columnist and novelist.
- 24 February – Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. (died 2016)
- 25 February – Danny Denzongpa, actor.
- 1 March – Gopanarayan Das, advocate and politician (died 2022).
- 9 April – Jaya Bachchan, actress.
- 3 May – S. Ramesan Nair, lyricist and poet (died 2021).
- 10 June – Subrata Roy, businessman (died 2023).
- 14 June – Narasapuram.
- June 27 – Vennira Aadai Nirmala, Tamil actress
- 10 September – Bhakti Barve, actress (died 2001).
- 2 October – Persis Khambatta, actress and model (died 1998).
- 16 October – Hema Malini, actress and dancer-choreographer.
- 14 November – Sindhutai Sapkal, social worker and social activist (died 2022).
- 30 November – K. R. Vijaya, actress.
- 30 November - Rajesh Vakharia, Common man.
Full date unknown
- Anant Nag, actor and politician.
- Dharanidhar Sahu, writer.
Deaths
- 30 January – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, political and spiritual leader in India and the Indian independence movement, assassinated(born 1869).
- 1 February – Jatindramohan Bagchi, poet (born 1878).[5]
- 2 April - Baba Sawan Singh, Second Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (born 1858).
- 9 August – Yellapragada Subbarow, medical scientist (born 1895).
- 19 August - P. Krishna Pillai, communist revolutionary. (b. 1906)
See also
- Bollywood films of 1948
References
- ^ "The Kashmir issue: why India went to the UN, and what happened after that". The Indian Express. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-61069-286-1. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ "IUML: The Monsoon Islam". English.Mathrubhumi. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "Nehru's telegram to Pakistan and 75 years of war on Hyderabad Nizam". India Today. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ Bagchi, Tapan (2012). "Bagchi, Jatindramohan". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.