1945 in India
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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1945 in India.
Incumbents
- Emperor of India – George VI
- Viceroy of India – The Viscount Wavell
Events
Detailed Wavell Plan. In May 1945 Wavell visited London and discussed his ideas with the British Government. These London talks resulted in the formulation of a definite plan of action which was officially made public simultaneously on June 14, 1945 by L.S.
- 18 August – Subhas Chandra Bose, one of Indian Freedom movement leaders, presumed dead in a plane crash in Taiwan
- 20 September – Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru demand that British troops leave India, in vain.
- 25 June – Muslim league and congress were invited to the Simla Conference
- 29 November – Bajaj Auto comes into existence.
- All India Council for Technical Education is established.
Births
- 13 February – Vinod Mehra, actor (died 1990).
- 17 March – Esther David, author, artist and sculptor.
- 4 May – Narasimhan Ram, journalist.
- 20 May – Ibrahim Saeed, journalist, editor and scholar (died 2007).
- 26 May – Vilasrao Deshmukh, politician and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra. (died 2012).
- 1 July – Susham Bedi, novelist, poet and short story writer.
- 24 July – Azim Premji, businessman.
- November – Subrahmaniam Nagarajan, wheat pathologist.
Deaths
- 18 August – Subhas Chandra Bose, the most prominent leader of the Indian independence movement (born 1897).