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- 4 February — Stephen Hector Taylor-SmithStephen Hector Taylor-SmithStephen Hector Taylor-Smith often known as Stephen Smith, was a pioneering Indian rocket scientist who developed techniques in delivering mail by rocket. He was the most innovative of the early rocket pioneers...
, rocket scientist (d.19511951 in IndiaEvents in the year 1951 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – Rajendra Prasad* Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru-Events:...
). - 14 April — B. R. AmbedkarB. R. AmbedkarBhimrao Ramji Ambedkar , popularly also known as Babasaheb, was an Indian jurist, political leader, philosopher, thinker, anthropologist, historian, orator, prolific writer, economist, scholar, editor, a revolutionary and one of the founding fathers of independent India. He was also the Chairman...
, nationalist, juristJuristA jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage...
, DalitDalitDalit is a designation for a group of people traditionally regarded as Untouchable. Dalits are a mixed population, consisting of numerous castes from all over South Asia; they speak a variety of languages and practice a multitude of religions...
political leader and a Buddhist revivalist (d.19561956 in IndiaEvents in the year 1956 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – Rajendra Prasad* Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru-Events:*8 March- M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar handles the charge as Lok Sabha Speaker....
). - 14 November — Birbal SahniBirbal SahniBirbal Sahni FRS was an Indian paleobotanist who studied the fossils of the Indian subcontinent, was also a geologist who took an interest in archaeology...
, paleobotanist (d.19491949 in IndiaEvents in the year 1949 in the Republic of India.-Events:*1 January - After eight months of fighting between the Indian forces and the Pakistan Army agreed to a ceasefire, ordered by the United Nations Security Council, takes effect in Kashmir region....
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