1948 in India
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{{Year in India|1948}}
Events in the year 1948 in India.
Incumbents
- King of India – George VI
- Governor-General of the Dominion of India – Lord Mountbatten of Burma
- Governor-General of the Dominion of India – C. Rajagopalachari (from 21 June)
- Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
Events
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- National income - {{INR}}93,590 million
- 1 January - India decides to take Kashmir issue to United Nations.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-20 |title=The Kashmir issue: why India went to the UN, and what happened after that |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-politics/kashmir-why-india-went-to-un-what-after-8900842/ |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
- 30 January – Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi: The freedom fighter, a leader of India, Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse.{{cite book |last=Newton |first=M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4-dAwAAQBAJ |title=Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes] |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-61069-286-1 |page=167 |access-date=2023-01-30}}
- 15 February – Junagadh and Manavadar (princely state) rescinds accession to Pakistan, and accedes to India.
- 24 February – A plebiscite conducted in Junagadh State on which 99% approves accession to India.
- 8 March - Princely state of Jath accedes to India
- 10 March - Inaugural meeting of Indian Union Muslim League held at Madras.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-11 |title=IUML: The Monsoon Islam |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/columns/view-from-my-window/iuml-the-monsoon-islam-1.8381509 |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=English.Mathrubhumi |language=en}}
- 15 April – Mandi District was formed by the amalgamation of the erstwhile princely states of Mandi and Suket on the formation of Himachal Pradesh.
- 25 April – start of the violence that would begin the 1948 Guwahati riots
- 1 May – First Kashmir War, India confronts the aggressors and fights the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 and is engaged with the Dominion of Pakistan for the first time
- 19 July - Permit system came into force for migrants from West Pakistan.{{Cite news |last=Darbhamulla |first=Saumya Kalia & Sruthi |date=2024-05-27 |title=India’s citizenship laws: The Constituent Assembly dilemma |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-citizenship-laws-constituent-assembly-dilemma-idea-of-belonging/article68046591.ece |access-date=2024-06-22 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}
- 6 September – The Nizam of Hyderabad in Deccan having failed to retain independence decides to accede to the Dominion of Pakistan. Pakistan takes the case to the UN, pending resolutions regarding the issue.
- 12 September - Dominion of India launches Operation Polo on Hyderabad.{{Cite web |title=Nehru’s telegram to Pakistan and 75 years of war on Hyderabad Nizam |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/history-of-it/story/operation-polo-nizam-of-hyderabad-liberation-day-jawaharlal-nehru-telegram-to-pakistan-pm-sardar-patel-2436129-2023-09-15 |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=India Today |language=en}}
- 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 – J. Jayalalithaa, actress, politician, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. (died 2016)
- 25 February – Danny Denzongpa, actor.
- 1 March – Gopanarayan Das, advocate and politician (died 2022).
- 3 April – Banu Mushtaq, writer.
- 9 April – Jaya Bachchan, actress.
- 3 May – S. Ramesan Nair, lyricist and poet (died 2021).
- 10 June – Subrata Roy, businessman (died 2023).
- 14 June – Gokaraju Ganga Raju, politician and member of parliament from Narasapuram.
- 27 June – Vennira Aadai Nirmala, Tamil actress
- 4 September –Anant Nag, actor and politician.
- 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 {{ndash}} K. R. Vijaya, actress.
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- Abdul Aleem Farooqui, Islamic scholar (died 2024)
- 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).{{cite book |last=Bagchi |first=Tapan |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh |year=2012 |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |edition=Second |chapter=Bagchi, Jatindramohan |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bagchi,_Jatindramohan}}
- 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
References
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