1948 in India
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Events in the year 1948 in the Republic of India
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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...
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Events
- 30 January - Assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: The spiritual leader of India Mahatma GandhiMahatma GandhiMohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...
is assassinated by Nathuram GodseNathuram GodseNathuram Vinayak Godse , from the city of Pune, India was a Hindutva activist and journalist, who was the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. Along with his brother Gopal Godse and six other co-conspirators, he executed a plot to assassinate Gandhi.-Early life:Nathuram Godse was born in Baramati, Pune...
. - 15 February - Junagadh and Manavadar (princely state)JunagadhJunagadh is the headquarters of Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The city is the 7th largest in Gujarat. The city is located at the foot of the Girnar hills, 355 km south west of state capital Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad. The city is in western India. Literally translated,...
Rescinds accession to Pakistan, accedes to India. - 24 February - Referendum approves accession to India.
- 25 February - Accession to India in effect.
- 1 May - First Kashmir War, India confronts the aggressors and fights the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947Indo-Pakistani War of 1947The India-Pakistan War of 1947-48, sometimes known as the First Kashmir War, was fought between India and Pakistan over the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu from 1947 to 1948. It was the first of four wars fought between the two newly independent nations...
and is engaged with the Dominion of PakistanDominion of PakistanThe Dominion of Pakistan was an independent federal Commonwealth realm in South Asia that was established in 1947 on the partition of British India into two sovereign dominions . The Dominion of Pakistan, which included modern-day Pakistan and Bangladesh, was intended to be a homeland for the...
for the first time - 6 September - The Nizam of Hyderabad Deccan having failed to retain independence decides to accede to the Dominion of PakistanDominion of PakistanThe Dominion of Pakistan was an independent federal Commonwealth realm in South Asia that was established in 1947 on the partition of British India into two sovereign dominions . The Dominion of Pakistan, which included modern-day Pakistan and Bangladesh, was intended to be a homeland for the...
, Pakistan instead takes the case to the UN, pending resolutions regarding the issue. - 12 September - State of Hyderabad joins the Dominion of India.
Births
- 7 January - Shobhaa De, columnist and novelist.
- 15 January - Bal Govind DwivediBal Govind DwivediBal Govind Dwivedi is a prolific Hindi poet.- Biography :His father is Shri Ram Pyare Dwivedi, and mother is Smt Kamala Dwivedi.Dr. Dwivedi was born in a ideal Brahmin family...
, poet. - 24 February - J. JayalalithaaJ. JayalalithaaJayalalithaa Jayaram ; born 24 February 1948) commonly referred to as J. Jayalalitha, is the Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. She is the incumbent general secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , a Dravidian party. She is called Amma and Puratchi Thalaivi by her...
, politician, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. - 25 February - Danny DenzongpaDanny DenzongpaTshering Phintso Denzongpa , widely known by his acting name "Danny" Denzongpa, is an Indian actor of Sikkimese ancestry working in Bollywood films....
, actor. - 10 April - Jaya BachchanJaya BachchanJaya Bhaduri Bachchan is an Indian actress and politician. She is an alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Bachchan is the wife of Amitabh Bachchan, and is the mother of Shweta Bachchan-Nanda and Abhishek Bachchan...
, actress. - 10 September - Bhakti BarveBhakti BarveBhakti Barve was an Indian film, theatre and television actress in Marathi, Hindi, and Gujarati. She is best known for her role in Kundan Shah's comedy Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro , where she acted alongside Naseeruddin Shah, Satish Shah and Ravi Basvani....
, actress (d. 20012001 in India-Incumbents:* President of India – K. R. Narayanan* Prime Minister of India – Atal Bihari Vajpayee-January:* 1 January - Calcutta officially becomes Kolkata, reverting to its precolonial name....
). - 2 October - Persis KhambattaPersis KhambattaPersis Khambatta was an Indian model, actress and author. She was best known for her role as Lieutenant Ilia in the 1979 feature film Star Trek: The Motion Picture.-Early Life:...
, actress and model (d. 19981998 in IndiaEvents in the year 1998 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – K. R. Narayanan* Prime Minister of India – Inder Kumar Gujral until 19 March, Atal Bihari Vajpayee-January to March:...
). - 16 October - Hema MaliniHema MaliniHema Malini is an Indian actress, director and producer, as well as a Bharatanatyam dancer-choreographer. Making her acting debut in Sapno Ka Saudagar , she went on to appear in numerous Bollywood films, most notably those with actor and future-husband Dharmendra. She was initially promoted as...
, actress and dancer-choreographer. - 11 December - RaghuvaranRaghuvaranRaghuvaran was an Indian actor who predominantly acted in movies made in South India. He became famous for his portrayal of villain and character roles in Tamil films. He has acted in more than 150 Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films...
, actor (d. 20082008 in India-Incumbents:* President of India – Pratibha Patil* Prime Minister of India – Manmohan Singh-February:*2 February - The activists of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena try to disrupt a press conference of Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh in Mumbai....
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Deaths
- 30 January - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, political and spiritual leader in IndiaIndiaIndia , 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...
and the Indian independence movementIndian independence movementThe term Indian independence movement encompasses a wide area of political organisations, philosophies, and movements which had the common aim of ending first British East India Company rule, and then British imperial authority, in parts of South Asia...
, assassinatedAssassinationTo carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
(b.18691869 in IndiaEvents in the year 1869 in India.-Births:*11 April - Kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi .*2 October - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, political and spiritual leader in India and the Indian independence movement, assassinated ....
). - 1 February - Jatindramohan BagchiJatindramohan BagchiJatindramohan Bagchi was a Bengali poet and editor.-Early life:He was born in Jamsherpur, in Nadia, in rural Bengal...
, poet (b.18781878 in India-Births:*27 November — Jatindramohan Bagchi, poet ....
). - 9 August - Yellapragada SubbaraoYellapragada SubbaraoYellapragada Subbarao was an Indian biochemist who discovered the function of Adenosine Triphosphate as a energy source in the cell, and made important contributions to the treatment of cancer. Most of his career was spent in the United States...
, medical scientist (b.18951895 in India-Births:*12 January — Yellapragada Subbarao, medical scientist .*1 September — Chembai, Carnatic music singer .*11 September — Vinoba Bhave, freedom fighter and teacher ....
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See also
- Bollywood films of 1948Bollywood films of 1948A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1948:-Highest grossing:The top seven grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1948:-1948:-External links:* at the Internet Movie Database...