1960 in India

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Events in the year 1960 in the Republic of India. (post Independence period)

Incumbents

• President of India – Rajendra Prasad
• Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
• Vice President of India - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
• Chief Justice of India – Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha

Governors

• Andhra Pradesh – Bhim Sen Sachar
• Assam – Saiyid Fazal Ali (until 12 November), Vishnu Sahay (starting 12 November)
• Bihar – Zakir Hussain
• Gujarat – Mehdi Nawaz Jung (starting 1 May)
• Karnataka – Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar
• Kerala – Burgula Ramakrishna Rao (until 1 July), V. V. Giri (starting 1 July)
• Madhya Pradesh – Hari Vinayak Pataskar
• Maharashtra – Sri Prakasa
• Odisha – Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar
• Punjab – Narahar Vishnu Gadgil
• Rajasthan – Gurumukh Nihal Singh
• Uttar Pradesh – Varahgiri Venkat Giri (until 1 July), Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (starting 1 July)
• West Bengal – Padmaja Naidu

Events

• National income - ₹176,333 million
• 11 March - Bombay High Court overturns Jury trial verdict on Nanavati case and declares him guilty. ^[1]
• 1 May – In India, 1 May is declared as 'Maharashtra Divas', i.e., Maharashtra Day (the same day is also celebrated as 'Kaamgaar Divas', i.e., Workers Day) or 'Gujarat Diwas'.
• 1 May – Yashwantrao Chavan took oath as the 1st Chief Minister of Maharashtra
• 7 May – Border Road Organization (BRO) was established.
• 20 June – Maharashtra State Electricity Board formed.
• The ninth amendments of the Constitution of India
• Air India enters United States with flights to New York.
• Bajaj Auto goes public.
• Goa, Diu and Daman were freed from Portuguese rule and became parts of the Indian federation.

Law

• 1 May – Gujarat State and Maharashtra State are formed from the State of Bombay as laid down by the States Reorganisation Act.

Births

• 2 January – Raman Lamba, cricketer (died 1998) ^[2]
• 5 February – Maganti Venkateswara Rao, politician and member of parliament from Eluru.
• 1 May – Y. V. Subba Reddy, politician from YSR Congress Party and former member of parliament from Ongole.
• 21 May – Mohanlal, actor.
• 10 June – Nandamuri Balakrishna, actor and politician.
• 25 June – Suresh Gopi, actor.
• 11 July – Kumar Gaurav, actor.
• 27 July – Poornima Bhagyaraj, actress.
• 27 July – P. Sai Kumar, actor, dubbing artist and television presenter.
• 12 September – Vadivelu, actor and comedian.
• 13 September – Karthik, actor.

Deaths

• 30 January – J. C. Kumarappa, economist (born 1892).
• 2 February – Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja, Hindu teacher (born 1884).
• 20 April – Pannalal Ghosh, flute (bānsurī) player and composer (born 1911).
• 27 April – Rajshekhar Basu, writer, chemist and lexicographer (born 1880).
• 8 September - Feroze Gandhi, politician (age 48)

See also

• Bollywood films of 1960

References

1. "The Nanavati Murder Trial That Changed Indian Law, Abolished Jury Trials". NDTV.com. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
2. "Raman Lamba profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2024.