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Events in the year 1951 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
- President of India – Rajendra Prasad[1]
- Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
- Chief Justice of India – H. J. Kania (until 6 Nov.), M. Patanjali Sastri (starting 6 Nov.)
Governors
- Assam: Jairamdas Daulatram
- Bihar: Madhav Shrihari Aney
- Maharashtra: Raja Sir Maharaj Singh
- Odisha:
- until 5 May: Asaf Ali
- 6 May-17 July: V. P. Menon
- starting 17 July: Asaf Ali
- Punjab: Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
- Rajasthan: Maharaj Man Singh II
- Uttar Pradesh: Hormasji Pherozeshah Modi
- West Bengal: Kailash Nath Katju (until 1 November), Harendra Coomar Mookerjee (starting 1 November)
Events
- National income - ₹108,633 million
- 4-11 March, First Asian Games held in Delhi.
- 5 November – Central Railway is formed by the merger of several government-owned railways.
- Western Railway is formed by merging smaller railways.
- Central Statistical Organisation is Established.
Law
- 12 March – Patna High Court struck down Bihar Land Reforms Act, ruling it as unconstitutional on the ground that it violated Article 14 of Indian Constitution.[2]
- 2 June – First Amendment of the Constitution of India bill passed in Parliament of India with 228 votes and 20 votes against it.[3]
- 18 June – First Amendment of the Constitution of India says "state can make special provisions for advancement of any backward class"
- 5 October – Supreme Court of India in Sri Sankari Prasad Singh Deo vs Union Of India And State Of Bihar case upheld the First Amendment of the Constitution of India.[4]
Arts and literature
- 16 December – Salar Jung Museum is opened to the public by the Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru.
Births
- 1 March – Nitish Kumar, politician and Chief Minister of Bihar.
- 9 March – Zakir Hussain, tabla player (died 2024)
- 18 May — Jagdeep Dhankhar, politician and 14th Vice President of India
- 26 June – Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju, politician and member of parliament from Vizianagram.
- 3 July – Tabish Mehdi, poet (died 2025)
- 9 July – Nav Bhatia, businessman and superfan of the Toronto Raptors.
- 10 July – Narayanasami Sathyamurthy, scientist.
- 11 July – Naramalli Sivaprasad, politician and member of parliament from Chittoor. (died 2019)
- 30 August – Surajit Sengupta, footballer. (died 2022)
- 7 September – Mammootty, actor
- 25 October – A. V. Vasudevan Potti, poet and lyricist.
Deaths
- 15 February – Stephen Hector Taylor-Smith, rocket scientist (born 1891).
- 23 October – Jagat Singh, Third Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (born 1884).
- 5 December – Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter writer (born 1871).[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Rajendra Prasad | Biography & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ Austin, Granville (1999). Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience. Oxford University Press. p. 82. ISBN 0195648889.
- ^ Austin, Granville (1999). Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience. Oxford University Press. p. 89. ISBN 0195648889.
- ^ Paul, KK. "Roots of Constitution's basic structure doctrine". The Tribune.
- ^ Roshen Dalal (23 August 2017). India at 70: snapshots since Independenc. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. p. 40. ISBN 978-93-86815-37-8.