1945 in India

Events in the year 1945 in India.

Incumbents

National income - {{INR}}77,736 million
Detailed Wavell Plan: In May, Wavell visited London and discussed his ideas with the British Government. These London talks resulted in the formulation of a definite plan of action, officially made public simultaneously on 14 June, by L.S.
8 May – War ends in Europe, with only fighting left with the Japanese
18 August – Subhas Chandra Bose, one of the Indian Freedom movement leaders, presumed dead in a plane crash in Taiwan
2nd September – World War II officially ends, and Britain is bankrupt
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

14 January – Surjit Patar, writer and poet (died 2024).
17 January – Javed Akhtar, political activist, poet, lyricist and screenwriter.
13 February – Vinod Mehra, actor (died 1990).
17 March – Esther David, author, artist, and sculptor.
1 April – Ali Ahmed Aslam, chef (died 2022).
4 May – N. 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).
16 June – Bikash Sinha, physicist (died 2023).
17 June – P. D. T. Achary, civil servant.
1 July – Susham Bedi, novelist, poet, and short story writer.
2 July {{ndash}} S. A. Chandrasekhar, film director and father of Joseph Vijay.
21 July – Ziona, religious leader, head of the largest living family{{Cite web|last=Nath|first=Hemanta Kumar|date=13 June 2021|title=Mizoram's Ziona Chana, head of world's largest family, passes away at 76|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mizoram-ziona-chana-head-of-world-largest-family-dies-at-76-1814359-2021-06-13 |access-date=14 June 2021 |newspaper=India Today|language=en}} (died 2021)
24 July – Azim Premji, businessman.
20 August – Abdul Ismail cricketer (died 2025).
7 November – Subrahmaniam Nagarajan, wheat pathologist. (died 2016)

18 August – Subhas Chandra Bose, the most prominent leader of the Indian independence movement (born 1897).