Events

• 8 May - Mohandas Gandhi begins a 3-week hunger strike
  Hunger strike
  A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change. Most hunger strikers will take liquids but not...
  
   because of the mistreatment of the lower castes.

Births

• 14 February - Madhubala
  Madhubala
  Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi, known by her stage name Madhubala was a Hindi movie actress. She starred in several successful movies in the 1950s and early 1960s, many of which have attained a classic status...
  
  , actress (d.1969
  1969 in India
  Events in the year 1969 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – Zakir Hussain until May 3, V. V. Giri until July 20 , Mohammad Hidayatullah until August 24 , V. V...
  
  ).
• 18 February - Nimmi
  Nimmi
  Nimmi was a popular Indian screen actress who achieved stardom in the 1950s and early 1960s in Hindi films. She gained popularity playing spirited village belle type characters, but also appeared in diverse genres such as fantasy and social films.-Early life:...
  
  , actress.
• 4 April - Balan K. Nair
  Balan K. Nair
  Balan K. Nair was a Malayalam film actor. Even though he appeared in most films as villain, he was also noted for his performance in strong character roles. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor in 1981 for his performance in the movie Oppol.-Personal life:Balan K...
  
  , actor (d.2000
  2000 in India
  -Incumbents:* President of India – K. R. Narayanan* Prime Minister of India – Atal Bihari Vajpayee-January:*3 January - A landmine explodes in a busy vegetable market in the heart of Indian-ruled Kashmir, killing 15 people; other border skirmishes with Pakistan kill a further four.*3 January -...
  
  ).
• 27 September - Nagesh
  Nagesh (actor)
  Nagesh , was a Tamil film actor, mostly remembered for his roles as a comedian during the 1960s. He is regarded as one of the most prolific comedians in Tamil cinema....
  
  , comedian actor.
• 3 November - Amartya Sen
  Amartya Sen
  Amartya Sen, CH is an Indian economist who was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory, and for his interest in the problems of society's poorest members...
  
  , economist
  Economist
  An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
  
  , philosopher and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
  Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
  The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, commonly referred to as the Nobel Prize in Economics, but officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel , is an award for outstanding contributions to the field of economics, generally regarded as one of the...
  
   in 1998.
• 28 December - Dhirubhai Ambani
  Dhirubhai Ambani
  Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani also known as Dhirubhai, was an Indian-Gujarati business magnate and entrepreneur who founded Reliance Industries, a petrochemicals, communications, power, and textiles conglomerate and the only privately owned Indian company in the Fortune 500. Ambani took his company...
  
  , business tycoon (d.2002
  2002 in India
  -Incumbents:* President of India – K. R. Narayanan until July 25, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam* Prime Minister of India – Atal Bihari Vajpayee-January:*9 January - The government announces that it is laying landmines along the entire length of its 2,800-km border with Pakistan.*10 January - 800 protesters...
  
  ).