1908 in India
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January to June
- 17 January - L. V. PrasadL. V. PrasadAkkineni Lakshmi Vara Prasada Rao , more popularly known as L. V. Prasad was an Indian film producer and actor. He was a recipient of the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for lifetime contribution to cinema from the Government of India for the year 1982...
, actor, producer and director (d.19941994 in IndiaEvents in the year 1994 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – Shankar Dayal Sharma* Prime Minister of India – P. V. Narasimha Rao-Events:...
). - 26 February - Leela MajumdarLeela MajumdarLeela Majumdar , was a Bengali writer.-Early life:Born to Surama Devi and Pramada Ranjan Ray , Leela spent her childhood days at Shillong, where she studied at the Loreto Convent. Surama Devi had been adopted by Upendra Kishor Ray Choudhuri...
, writer (d.20072007 in India-Incumbents:* President of India – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam until July 25, Pratibha Patil* Prime Minister of India – Manmohan Singh-Events:* January–November – Nandigram violence - Clashes between opposition parties, the governing Communist Party of India and police in Nandigram, West Bengal...
). - 2 March - Mahadeva Subramania ManiMahadeva Subramania ManiMahadeva Subramania Mani was an Indian entomologist especially famous for his studies on high altitude entomology.-Early life and career:...
, entomologist (d.20032003 in India-Incumbents:* President of India – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam* Prime Minister of India – Atal Bihari Vajpayee-Events:*26 January - The president of Iran, Mohammad Khatami, is the guest at the Republic Day celebration....
). - 5 April - Jagjivan RamJagjivan RamBabu Jagjivan Ram , known popularly as Babuji, was a freedom fighter and a social reformer hailing from the scheduled castes of Bihar in India. He was from the Chamar caste and was a leader for his community...
, freedom fighter and social reformer (d.19861986 in IndiaEvents in the year 1986 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – Zail Singh* Prime Minister of India – Rajiv Gandhi-Events:*1 April - VSNL incorporated under the Indian Companies Act, 1956....
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July to December
- 24 August - Shivaram RajguruShivaram RajguruShivaram Hari Rajguru was an Indian revolutionist from Maharashtra and belonged to the Deshastha Brahmin community. Rajguru was born in a place named Khed near Pune. It was later renamed as Rajgurunagar in his honor. He is best known as a colleague of Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev in the murder of a...
, revolutionary, executed (d.19311931 in IndiaEvents in the year 1931 in India.-Events:*25 January - Mohandas Gandhi released again.*10 February - New Delhi becomes the capital of India.*4 March - British viceroy of India and Mohandas Gandhi negotiate....
). - 8 November - Raja RaoRaja RaoRaja Rao was an Indian writer of English language novels and short stories, whose works are deeply rooted in Hinduism. Raja Rao's semi-autobiographical novel, The Serpent and the Rope , is a story of a search for spiritual truth in Europe and India...
, novelist and short story writer (d.20062006 in IndiaEvents in the year 2006 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – [Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam]* Prime Minister of India – Manmohan Singh-Events:* January 2 – Rajnath Singh assumes office as Bharatiya Janata Party chief....
). - 29 November - N. S. KrishnanN. S. KrishnanNagerkoyil Sudalaimuthu Krishnan , popularly known as Kalaivanar and also as 'NSK' was a leading Tamil film comedian, drama artist, playback singer and writer in the early stages of the Tamil film industry - in the 1940s and 1950s....
, comedian, actor, playback singer and writer (d.19571957 in IndiaEvents in the year 1957 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – Rajendra Prasad* Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru-Events:* India passes a bill making Kashmir under its control as part of the Union....
). - 15 December - Swami RanganathanandaSwami RanganathanandaSwami Ranganathananda born Shankaran Kutty was a Hindu monk of the Ramakrishna Math order. He served as the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission.- Biography :...
, President of Ramakrishna MathRamakrishna MathRamakrishna Math is a religious monastic order, considered part of the Hindu reform movements. It was set up by Swami Vivekananda to follow the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna...
(d.20052005 in India-Incumbents:* President of India – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam* Prime Minister of India – Manmohan Singh-Events:* 10 January - The Delhi High Court says that a "high claim ratio" cannot be grounds to turn down medical insurance contract renewal requests. The court said that medical policies were liable to...
). - 31 December - Isha Basant JoshiIsha Basant JoshiIsha Basant Joshi was born Isha Basant Mukand and published books under the name of Esha Joshi. She was the first woman to be accepted as an officer in the Indian Administrative Service...
, civil servant and writer.
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- David Abraham CheulkarDavid Abraham CheulkarDavid Abraham Cheulkar , popularly known as David, was a Jewish-Indian, Hindi film actor, who started his film career with 1941 film Naya Sansar and went on to act in over 110 films....
, actor (d.19811981 in IndiaEvents in the year 1981 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy* Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi-Events:...
). - Sucheta KriplaniSucheta KriplaniSucheta Kriplani , born Sucheta Mazumdar, was an Indian freedom fighter and politician in Uttar Pradesh, India. She became the first woman to be elected Chief Minister of any Indian state.-Early life:...
, freedom fighter, politician and in Uttar Pradesh became first woman to be elected Chief MinisterChief MinisterA Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national state, provinces of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, notably a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-government...
of a state (d.19741974 in India-Incumbents:* President of India – V. V. Giri until August 24, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed* Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi-Events:*January to May smallpox epidemic...
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