1959 in India

none March 2022 April 2022 1959 Events in the year 1959 in the Republic of India. Incumbents President of India – Rajendra Prasad Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru Vice President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Chief Justice of India – Sudhi Ranjan Das (until 30 Sep.), Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha (starting 1 Oct.) Governors Andhra Pradesh – Bhim Sen Sachar Assam – until 22 August: Saiyid Fazal Ali 23 August-14 October: Chandreswar Prasad Sinha starting 14 October: Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh Bihar – Zakir Hussain Bombay – Sri Prakasa Jammu and Kashmir – Karan Singh Mysore – Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar Kerala – Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Madhya Pradesh – Hari Vinayak Pataskar Orissa – Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar Punjab – Narahar Vishnu Gadgil Rajasthan – Gurumukh Nihal Singh Uttar Pradesh – Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi West Bengal – Padmaja Naidu Events National income - 161,017 million January 9 - Indira Gandhi becomes president of Indian National Congress by succeeding U. N. Dhebar. February 4 - Bhilai Steel Plant inaugurated by President of India. March 31 - India grants political asylum to the Dalai Lama after he fled Tibet and crossed into Indian territory following 1959 Tibetan uprising.Dalai Lama Gets Asylum In India; Harried In Flight https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/040459atibet-special.html 2022-04-16 archive.nytimes.com April 10 - An English Electric Canberra jet bomber of Indian Air Force that crossed into Pakistani Airspace was shot down near Rawalpindi by Pakistan Air Force's Sabre jets.2019-04-26 Untold story of an IAF Canberra & its crew, 60 years before Wing Commander Abhinandan's MiG https://theprint.in/defence/untold-story-of-an-iaf-canberra-its-crew-60-years-before-wing-commander-abhinandans-mig/227141/ 2022-04-14 ThePrint en-US1959 The Canberra Incident https://www.jstor.org/stable/41392273 Pakistan Horizon 12 2 153–160 0030-980X April 27 - Indian Navy officer Nanavati shoots his wife's lover Ahuja and becomes the basis for Nanavati Case.The Nanavati Murder Trial That Changed Indian Law, Abolished Jury Trials https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/the-nanavati-murder-trial-that-changed-indian-law-abolished-jury-trials-similar-to-oj-simpson-5425079 2024-06-01 NDTV.com May 1 - President of India Rajendra Prasad gave assent for Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act 1959 which created provision for introduction of External Rupee (Gulf Rupee and Hajj Rupee) for using as tender in Trucial States, Oman, Qatar etc. The move is meant to curb the misuse of Indian rupee by gold smugglers.Kamalakaran Ajay Gulf rupee: When the Reserve Bank of India played central banker in West Asia https://scroll.in/magazine/1005110/gulf-rupee-when-the-reserve-bank-of-india-played-central-banker-in-west-asia 2022-04-16 Scroll.in en-US July 31 - The EMS ministry, an elected communist government in Kerala brought down through President's rule following Vimochana Samaram. 1 August - Free market proponents C. Rajagopalachari and N. G. Ranga walks out of Indian National Congress and creates Swatantra Party protesting Congress's commitment towards Land reform and Cooperative farming. Dates unknown Bajaj Auto obtains license from Government of India to manufacture two- and three-wheelers in India.Bajaj Auto Ltd. Business Standard India https://www.business-standard.com/company/bajaj-auto-28074/information/company-history 2022-04-16 Law Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of India Births 3 January – Ninong Ering, politician and member of parliament from Arunachal East. 6 January – Kapil Dev, cricketer. 15 May - Anandaraj, actor. 25 June Suresh Krissna, film director. 22 July – Ajit Pawar, politician (d. 2026) 29 July – Sanjay Dutt, actor. 29 August Suman, actor. Nagarjuna, actor and film producer. 19 December – H. D. Kumaraswamy, politician and Chief Minister of Karnataka. Deaths 1 November – M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, actor and Carnatic singer (born 1909). 4 December – Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi, freedom fighter and first general secretary of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. (born 1888) See also List of Bollywood films of 1959 References 1959 India Category:Years of the 20th century in India Category:1950s in India Category:1959 in Asia