1955 in India

Events in the year 1955 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President of India – Rajendra Prasad
• Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
• Vice President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
• Chief Justice of India – Bijan Kumar Mukherjea

Governors

• Andhra Pradesh – Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
• Assam – Jairamdas Daulatram
• Bihar – R. R. Diwakar
• Maharashtra – Harekrushna Mahatab (starting 2 March)
• Odisha – P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja
• Punjab – Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
• Rajasthan – Maharaj Man Singh II
• Uttar Pradesh – Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
• West Bengal – Harendra Coomar Mookerjee

Events

• National income - 111,748 million
• The Imperial Bank of India, the oldest (est. 1921) and the largest commercial bank of the Indian subcontinent, was transformed into the State Bank of India.

Law

• The Hindu Marriage Act

Births

• 5 January – Mamata Banerjee, politician
• 27 January – Ratnottama Sengupta, film journalist
• 7 March – Anupam Kher, actor
• 3 April – Hariharan, playback singer
• 11 April – Rohini Hattangadi, actress.
• 2 May – Maharaj Krishan Kaushik, field hockey player and coach. (died 2021)
• 11 May – Keshav Desiraju, civil servant (died 2021)
• 24 May – Rajesh Roshan, music director.
• 22 August Chiranjeevi Konidela, actor.
• 17 October – Smita Patil, actress (died 1986).
• 5 November – Karan Thapar, television commentator and interviewer.
• 8 November – Pandula Ravindra Babu, politician and member of parliament from Amalapuram.
• 29 November – Rajendrasinh Jadeja, cricketer (died 2021)
• 1 December – Udit Narayan, playback singer
• 12 December – Chandan Mitra, journalist (died 2021)
• 13 December – Manohar Parrikar, politician and Chief Minister of Goa. (died 2019)

Deaths

• 1 January – Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, scientist (born 1894).
• 25 April – Zamin Ali, educator and author (born 1893).
• Nobel death day 10 December 1955

See also

• List of Bollywood films of 1955

References