1943 in India

none 1943 Events in the year 1943 in India. Incumbents Emperor of India – George VI Viceroy of India – Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow Viceroy of India – The Viscount Wavell (from 1 October) Events National income - 69,247 million Bengal famine of 1943Goswami Omkar December 1990 The Bengal Famine of 1943: re-examining the data http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/001946469002700403 The Indian Economic & Social History Review en 27 4 445–463 10.1177/001946469002700403 0019-4646 subscription 3 February - Howrah Bridge in Calcutta commissioned. 10 February – 3 March – Mohandas Gandhi maintains a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment. 21 October - Subhas Chandra Bose established Azad Hind at Singapore.Indian National Congress https://inc.in/ 2024-04-12 Indian National Congress en October - 1943 Madras floods.2011-11-22 Memories of Madras: Story of a submerged city https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/memories-of-madras-story-of-a-submerged-city/article2650132.ece 2024-04-12 The Hindu en-IN 0971-751X 5 December – The Japanese attack the Port of Kolkata76 years of Japanese bombing in Kolkata: How World War II almost destroyed the city https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/76-years-of-japanese-bombing-in-kolkata-how-world-war-ii-almost-destroyed-the-city/1419989/ 2023-04-07 Financialexpress en 30 December – Subhas Chandra Bose sets up a Pro-Japanese Indian government at Port Blair by hoisting national flag.Mahotsav Amrit Hoisting of the National Flag in Port Blair, 1943 https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?20049 2024-04-12 Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India English Law Reciprocity Act War Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Act Births January to June 1 January – Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, scientist. 8 February – Pirzada Qasim, Pakistani poet and academic 30 March – J. J. Rawal, astrophysicist and scientific educator. 25 April — Devika, actress (d. 2002). 17 May – Mangala Narlikar, mathematician (d. 2023) 29 May – Enamul Haque, Bangladeshi actor (d. 2021) 2 June – Ilaiyaraaja, film composer, singer and lyricist. 7 June - Rayapati Sambasiva Rao, politician and member of parliament from Narasaraopet. July to December 13 July – E. Harikumar, novelist and short story writer. (died 2020) 29 July – Manas Bihari Verma, aeronautical scientist. (died 2021) 11 August – Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan. (died 2023) 29 August Vijayakumar, actor. 6 September – P. A. Ibrahim Haji, entrepreneur and philanthropist. (died 2021) 23 September – Tanuja, actress of Bollywood films & younger sister of Nutan. 21 October – Tariq Ali, Pakistani-British political activist and writer. 31 October – G. Madhavan Nair, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation. 11 November – Anil Kakodkar, nuclear scientist. Deaths 15 June – Kushal Konwar, Indian National Congress President of Golaghat, First martyr of Quit India Movement References 1943 India Category:Years of the 20th century in India Category:1943 in Asia Category:1940s in India Category:India in World War II