1955 in India
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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1955 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents[edit]
Federal government[edit]
- President of India – Rajendra Prasad
- Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
- Vice President of India - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Chief Justice of India – Bijan Kumar Mukherjea
Governors[edit]
- Andhra Pradesh –
- Assam –
- Bihar –
- Maharashtra –
- Odisha –
- Punjab –
- Rajasthan –
- Uttar Pradesh –
- West Bengal –
Events[edit]
- The Imperial Bank of India, the oldest (est. 1921) and the largest commercial bank of the Indian subcontinent, was transformed into the State Bank of India.
- The Hindu Marriage Act enacted
Births[edit]
- 5 January - Mamata Banerjee, politician
- 27 January - Ratnottama Sengupta, film journalist
- 7 March - Anupam Kher, actor
- 3 April - Hariharan, playback singer
- 11 April - Rohini Hattangadi, actress.
- 2 May – Maharaj Krishan Kaushik, field hockey player and coach. (died 2021)
- 11 May – Keshav Desiraju, civil servant (died 2021)
- 24 May - Rajesh Roshan, music director
- 25 August – Khan Shein Kunwar, short story writer.
- 17 October – Smita Patil, actress (died 1986).
- 5 November – Karan Thapar, television commentator and interviewer.
- 8 November - Pandula Ravindra Babu, politician and member of parliament from Amalapuram.
- 29 November - Rajendrasinh Jadeja, cricketer (died 2021)
- 1 December - Udit Narayan, playback singer
- 12 December – Chandan Mitra, journalist (died 2021)
- 13 December – Manohar Parrikar, politician and Chief Minister of Goa. (died 2019)
Deaths[edit]
- 1 January – Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, scientist (born 1894).
See also[edit]