1941 in India
Encyclopedia
Events in the year 1941 in India
.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Births
- 1 January - Govardhan Asrani, actor.
- 10 April - Mani Shankar AiyarMani Shankar AiyarMani Shankar Aiyar is a former Indian diplomat who resigned from foreign service and became a politician working for Rajiv Gandhi in 1989-1991. He is a member of the Indian National Congress party and was the Minister of Panchayati Raj until he lost his seat in the 2009 Election...
, politician and Minister. - 5 July - Nitin DesaiNitin DesaiNitin Desai is an Indian economist. He was Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations from 1997 to 2003.-Early life and academic career:...
, Under Secretary General, United Nations, 1993-2003 - 15 July - Nikhil KumarNikhil KumarNikhil Kumar is the currentGovernor of Nagaland. He was appointed Governor of Nagaland on 4 October 2009 by The President of India,Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil. He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India, representing the Aurangabad constituency in Bihar as a member of the Indian National...
, politician. - 17 July - BharathirajaBharathirajaP. Bharathiraja , is a critically acclaimed South Indian filmmaker.He displayed a story-teller's potential from an early age. Bharathiraja is known for his realistic and sensitive portrayal of village-life in his movies....
, filmmaker. - 31 July - Amarsinh ChaudharyAmarsinh ChaudharyAmarsinh Chaudhary was an Indian politician. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 1985 to 1989. He served as President of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee between June 2001 and July 2002. In 2002, he was elected leader of the Congress Legislature Party in Gujarat...
, politician and Chief Minister of Gujarat (d.20042004 in IndiaEvents in the year 2004 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam* Prime Minister of India – Atal Bihari Vajpayee until 22 May, Manmohan Singh-Events:...
). - 4 September - Sushilkumar ShindeSushilkumar ShindeSushilkumar Shinde is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He is currently the Cabinet Minister for Power in the Manmohan Singh government.-Dalit background:...
, politician and Minister, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Full date unknown
- Nirmal Kumar GangulyNirmal Kumar GangulyNirmal Kumar Ganguly is a top Indian scientist retired after heading the Indian Council for Medical Research. He is a graduate of R.G. Kar Medical College of the University of Calcutta and completed his training in pathology, parasitology and immunology for which he has been extensively...
, medical scientist. - T S KrishnamurthyT S KrishnamurthyTaruvai Subayya Krishnamurthy was the Chief Election Commissioner of India . His main assignment as C.E.C was to oversee the 2004 elections to the Lok Sabha...
, civil servant, Chief Election Commissioner.
Deaths
- 28 March - Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, first Indian to become the Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Mumbai PoliceMumbai PoliceThe Mumbai Police is the police force of the city of Mumbai, India. It has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement and investigation within the limits of Mumbai. The department's motto is ""...
(b.18771877 in IndiaEvents in the year 1877 in India.-Events:*Queen Victoria is made the Empress of India. This led to great celebrations in Darbars in India while millions of Indians perished in the famine that was going on then.-Births:...
). - 7 August - Rabindranath TagoreRabindranath TagoreRabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
, poet, artist, playwright, novelist and composer (b.18611861 in India-Events:*Boys' High School & College, Allahabad, is founded.* The Delhi Department of Police is founded.-Births:*7 May: Rabindranath Tagore, poet, artist, playwright, novelist and composer .*24 September: Bhikaiji Cama, independence campaigner ....
). - 9 November - Ganganath JhaGanganath JhaSir Gaṅgānāth Jhā was an eminent scholar of Sanskrit, Indian Philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy and paṇḍit of Nyāya-Śāstra.-Early life:...
, scholar of SanskritSanskritSanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
, Indian PhilosophyIndian philosophyIndia has a rich and diverse philosophical tradition dating back to ancient times. According to Radhakrishnan, the earlier Upanisads constitute "...the earliest philosophical compositions of the world."...
and Buddhist PhilosophyBuddhist philosophyBuddhist philosophy deals extensively with problems in metaphysics, phenomenology, ethics, and epistemology.Some scholars assert that early Buddhist philosophy did not engage in ontological or metaphysical speculation, but was based instead on empirical evidence gained by the sense organs...
(b.18721872 in India-Births:*14 April - Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Islamic scholar who translated the Qur'an into English .*15 August - Sri Aurobindo, nationalist, scholar, poet, mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru ....
).
Full date unknown
- Binodini DasiBinodini DasiBinodini Dasi , also known as Notee Binodini, was a Calcutta-based, Bengali-speaking renowned actress and thespian. She started acting at the age of 12 and ended by the time she was 23, as she later recounted in her noted autobiography, Amar Katha published in 1913.- Biography :Born to...
, actress and writer (b.1862).