1956 in India

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Events in the year 1956

in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• President of India – Rajendra Prasad
• Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
• Vice President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
• Chief Justice of India – Bijan Kumar Mukherjea (until 31 Jan.), Sudhi Ranjan Das (starting 1 Feb.)

Governors

• Andhra Pradesh – Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
• Saiyid Fazal Ali
  (starting 15 May)
• Zakir Hussain
  (starting 5 July)
• Karnataka – Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (starting 1 November)
• Kerala – Burgula Ramakrishna Rao (starting 22 November)
• Pattabhi Sitaramayya
• Maharashtra – Harekrushna Mahatab (until 14 October), Sri Prakasa (starting 10 December)
• Odisha – P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja (until 11 September), Bhim Sen Sachar (starting 11 September)
• Punjab – Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
• Gurumukh Nihal Singh
  (starting 31 October)
• Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
• West Bengal –
  • until 8 August: Harendra Coomar Mookerjee
  • 8 August-3 November: Phani Bhusan Chakravartti
  • starting 3 November: Padmaja Naidu

Events

• National income - ₹133,139 million
• 20 February -
  Gentlemen's agreement of Andhra Pradesh (1956)
  signed.
• 8 March –
  Lok Sabha Speaker
  .
• 20 March –
  Sardar Hukam Singh
  handles the charge as Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker.
• 21 July – The 6.1 M_s 
  Mercalli intensity
  of IX (Violent), killing 115 and injuring 254.
• 4 August - Asia's first Nuclear reactor, Apsara was built in Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.^[1]
• 1 September –
  LIC of India
  formed
• 14 October – Dr.
  Neo-Buddhism
  .
• 17 December - Jawaharlal Nehru meets Dwight D. Eisenhower as part of his visit to United States.^[2]

Law

• 1 November – The
  States Reorganisation Act
  of India reformed the boundaries and names of Indian states. (enacted on 31 August)

Arts and literature

• 15 October –
  Kerala Sahithya Academy, Academy for Malayalam literature, is inaugurated by Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, the former king of Travancore
  .
• List of Bollywood films of 1956

• 1 February – Brahmanandam, comedian-actor.
• 6 April – Dilip Vengsarkar, cricketer.
• 4 May – Kunal Basu, novelist.
• 6 May – Sujata Bhatt, poet.
• 13 May –
  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
  , spiritual and humanitarian leader.
• 31 May _ Manohara Rso Kodavoor.
• 2 June – Mani Ratnam, film director.

July to December

• 19 July – Rajendra Prasad, actor.
• 29 July – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, author and poet.
• 17 August – Anil Aggrawal, professor of forensic medicine.
• 21 September - Prabuddah Dasgupta, photographer.
• 19 October – Sunny Deol, actor.
• 25 November –
  Hindupur
  .
• 24 December – Anil Kapoor, actor and producer.
• 25 December – Prabhu, actor.

Deaths

• 6 December –
  Buddhist
  revivalist (born 1891).

See also

• List of Bollywood films of 1956

References

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