1969 in India

none April 2022 March 2022 1969 Events in the year 1969 in the Republic of India. Incumbents President of India – Zakir Husain until 3 May, V. V. Giri until 20 July (acting president), Mohammad Hidayatullah until 24 August (acting president), V. V. Giri Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi Vice President of India – V. V. Giri until 3 May; Gopal Swarup Pathak Chief Justice of India – Mohammad Hidayatullah Governors Andhra Pradesh – Khandubhai Kasanji Desai Assam – Braj Kumar Nehru Bihar – Nityanand Kanungo Gujarat – Shriman Narayan Haryana – Birendra Narayan Chakraborty Jammu and Kashmir – Bhagwan Sahay Karnataka – Gopal Swarup Pathak (until 30 August), vacant thereafter (starting 30 August) Kerala – V. Viswanathan Madhya Pradesh – K. Chengalaraya Reddy Maharashtra – P V Cherian (until 8 November), vacant thereafter (starting 8 November) Nagaland – B.K. Nehru Odisha – Shaukatullah Shah Ansari Punjab – Dadappa Chintappa Pavate Rajasthan – Sardar Hukam Singh Tamil Nadu – Sardar Ujjal Singh (starting 14 January) Uttar Pradesh – Bezawada Gopala Reddy West Bengal – until 1 April: Dharma Vira 1 April-19 September: Deep Narayan Sinha starting 19 September: Shanti Swaroop Dhavan Events National income - 438,360 million 14 January - Madras State gets renamed to Tamil Nadu through parliamentary law.Yamunan Sruthisagar Why former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Annadurai decided against renaming Madras state as Tamizh Naadu https://scroll.in/article/964880/why-former-tamil-nadu-chief-minister-annadurai-decided-against-renaming-madras-state-as-tamizh-naadu 2022-04-17 Scroll.in 18 June 2020 en-US 1 March - The first Rajdhani Express commenced its journey between Delhi and Howrah.Yesterdate: This day from Kolkata’s past, March 3, 1969 https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/news/yesterdate-this-day-from-kolkatas-past-march-3-1969/cid/2004368 Telegraph 12 July – Congress Parliamentary Board at Bangalore nominated Neelam Sanjiva Reddy as Congress's candidate for the post of President of India by a vote of four to two.Austin Granville https://books.google.com/books?id=r42bAAAAMAAJ Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience Oxford University Press 1999 0195648889 178 en 19 July - 14 major private banks nationalized Morarji Desai resigned from the post of Deputy Prime Minister of India.Austin Granville https://books.google.com/books?id=r42bAAAAMAAJ Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience Oxford University Press 1999 0195648889 179 en 18 September: Start of the 1969 Gujarat riots.Riots that changed the course of Gujarat's political history https://caravanmagazine.in/history/the-riots-that-changed-the-course-of-gujarats-political-history 2025-04-01 caravanmagazine.in en 12 November – Congress Working Committee headed by S. Nijalingappa removed Indira Gandhi from primary membership of Congress Party.Austin Granville https://books.google.com/books?id=r42bAAAAMAAJ Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience Oxford University Press 1999 0195648889 180 en Indian National Congress splits into two factions. One led by Indira Gandhi and another led by Morarji Desai. Rajdhani Express was introduced Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was set up Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) came into existence (10 March 1969) Law • Registration of Births and Death Act ( RBD Act) Births 24 May – Sudhir Kumar Walia, Indian Army. (died 1999). 2 April Ajay Devgan, actor and producer. 21 June – Padmapani Acharya, Indian Army. (died 1999). 24 August Mukesh Tiwari, actor. 4 November Rupini, actress. 7 November – Nandita Das, actress. 25 November Sukanya, actress and dancer. thumb|140x140px|Viswanathan Anand11 December – Viswanathan Anand, chess grandmaster and multiple time World Chess Champion. Full date unknown Soumya Bhattacharya, journalist and author. M. Yoganathan, environmental activist. https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/deeprooted-love/article2365223.ece Deep-rooted love - The Hindu The Hindu 17 August 2011 Deaths 27 January – Anukulchandra Chakravarty, social reformer and philanthropist (born 1888) 31 January – Meher Baba, mystic and spiritual master (born 1894). 23 February – Madhubala, actress (born 1933). 3 May – Zakir Husain, politician and third President of India (born 1897). 13 June – Acharya Atre, Writer, Poet, Social Activist in the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement (born 1898). 28 July – Annabhau Sathe, social reformer and writer (born 1920). See also List of Bollywood films of 1969 1969 2 February C.N.Annadurai politician-chief Minister of Tamil Nadu(State of India) References India Category:Years of the 20th century in India Category:1960s in India Category:1969 in Asia