1952 in India
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Events in the year 1952 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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Incumbents
- President of IndiaPresident of IndiaThe President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...
– Rajendra PrasadRajendra PrasadDr. Rajendra Prasad was an Indian politician and educator. He was one of the architects of the Indian Republic, having drafted its first constitution and serving as the first president of independent India... - Prime Minister of IndiaPrime Minister of IndiaThe Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India — Prime Minister for the Union, is the chief of government, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament...
– Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru , often referred to with the epithet of Panditji, was an Indian statesman who became the first Prime Minister of independent India and became noted for his “neutralist” policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the...
Events
- 17 April- Membership of the first lok sabha1st Lok SabhaThe First Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 after India's first general election. The 1st Lok Sabha lasted its full tenure of five years and was dissolved on 4 April 1957.- Important Members :- List of Members by state :...
starts. - 13 May - Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru , often referred to with the epithet of Panditji, was an Indian statesman who became the first Prime Minister of independent India and became noted for his “neutralist” policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the...
forms his first government. - 15 May- G.V. MavlankarGanesh Vasudev MavlankarGanesh Vasudev Mavalankar popularly known as Dadasaheb was an independence activist, the President of the Central Legislative Assembly, then Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India, and later the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India.-Early...
handles the charge as Lok Sabha Speaker. - 30 May- M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar handles the charge as Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker.
- December - First five-year plan is tabled in the Parliament by Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru , often referred to with the epithet of Panditji, was an Indian statesman who became the first Prime Minister of independent India and became noted for his “neutralist” policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the...
. It emphasizes Agricultural and Community development. - The first general election is held. The Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
headed by Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru , often referred to with the epithet of Panditji, was an Indian statesman who became the first Prime Minister of independent India and became noted for his “neutralist” policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the...
sweeps into power.
Births
- 18 January - VeerappanVeerappanKoose Muniswamy Veerappan commonly known as Veerappan, was a notorious dacoit, or robber bandit, of India. He was active for a period of years in a broad swath of land covering 6,000 km² in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu...
, bandit (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:...
). - 19 March - Mohan BabuMohan babuMohan Babu is an actor & producer in Telugu Cinema. He is a former Member of Parliament - Rajya Sabha and Educationist from Andhra Pradesh...
, actor, producer and politician. - 25 April - Brij NarayanBrij NarayanBrij Narayan is an Indian classical musician who plays the string instrument sarod. Narayan was born in the Indian state Rajasthan and began to study sarod from a young age under his father Ram Narayan and other teachers. He won the All India Radio instrumentalist competition in 1967 and...
, sarod player - 30 May - AmbareeshAmbareeshMalavallii Huche Gowda Amarnath or M.H.Amarnath born 29 May 1952 at Maddur Taluk in Mandya District of Karnataka State is a Kannada film actor...
, actor and politician. - 20 June - Vikram SethVikram SethVikram Seth is an Indian poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist.-Early life:Vikram Seth was born on 20 June 1952 to Leila and Prem Seth in Calcutta...
, poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist. - 23 June - Raj BabbarRaj BabbarRaj Babbar is a Hindi & Punjabi film actor since 1977 and the current Member of Parliament from Firozabad which he won by defeating Dimple Yadav, wife of Akhilesh Yadav & daughter-in-law of Mulayam Singh Yadav. This is his fourth term as MP, in previous terms he was the part of Samajwadi...
, actor. - 28 December- Hemant SheshHemant SheshHemant Shesh is an Indian Hindi writer, poet and civil servant.- Biography :Shesh completed his post graduate education from the University of Rajasthan in Jaipur. He then joined the Rajasthan Administrative Service in 1977...
Hindi poet, editor, art critic
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- Urvashi ButaliaUrvashi ButaliaUrvashi Butalia is an Indian feminist and historian. She is the Director and Co-founder of Kali for Women, India's first feminist publishing house....
, feminist, historianHistorianA historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and publisher. - Daisy IraniDaisy Irani (actress)Daisy Irani is a famous former Bollywood and Kollywood child artiste in the 1950s and 1960s. Born into a Zoroastrian family, she is the sister of writer director Honey Irani....
, actress. - Deepak KumarDeepak Kumar (historian)Deepak Kumar is an Indian Historian. His specialization is history of science in India. Currently, he is a Professor of History of Science and Education, at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has sought to demonstrate in several of his books that British colonialism in India played...
, historian and philosopher of science.
Deaths
- 7 March - Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda , born Mukunda Lal Ghosh , was an Indian yogi and guru who introduced many westerners to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through his book, Autobiography of a...
, yogiYogaYoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India. The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility while meditating on Supersoul...
and guruGuruA guru is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom, and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others . Other forms of manifestation of this principle can include parents, school teachers, non-human objects and even one's own intellectual discipline, if the...
(b.18931893 in India-Births:*5 January — Paramahansa Yogananda, yogi and guru .*26 March — Dhirendra Nath Ganguly, film entrepreneur, actor and director ....
). - Rashid JahanRashid JahanRashid Jahan was an Indian writer who inaugurated a new era of Urdu literature written by women. She wrote short-stories and plays and is perhaps best remembered for her involvement with the explosive Angarey , a collection of groundbreaking and unconventional short stories written by young...
, author, short story writer and playwright (b.19051905 in IndiaEvents in the year 1905 in India.-Births:*2 January - Jainendra Kumar, novelist .*16 January - Dr. Manubhai P. Vaidya, Educationist and recipient of Best Teacher Award from Dr. S...
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See also
- Bollywood films of 1952Bollywood films of 1952An overview of the films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1952. Dilip Kumar went on to win the first Filmfare Best Actor Award in 1954 for his performance in Daag...