1954 in India

Template:Year in region Events in the year 1954 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents[edit | edit source]

President of India – Rajendra Prasad
Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
Vice President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Chief Justice of India –
- until 3 Jan. – M. Patanjali Sastri
- 4 Jan.-22 Dec. – Mehr Chand Mahajan
- starting 23 Dec. – Bijan Kumar Mukherjea

Governors[edit | edit source]

Andhra Pradesh – Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
Assam – Jairamdas Daulatram
Bihar – Madhav Shrihari Aney
Maharashtra – Raja Sir Maharaj Singh
Odisha – Fazal Ali (until 9 February), P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja (starting 9 February)
Punjab – Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
Rajasthan – Maharaj Man Singh II
Uttar Pradesh – Hormasji Peroshaw Mody
West Bengal – Harendra Coomar Mookerjee

Events[edit | edit source]

National income - ₹109,771 million
26 January – First Bharat Ratna in India :
- First recipient: C. Rajagopalachari
- Second recipient: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Third recipient: C. V. Raman
15 February - Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election results in majority for Indian National Congress. Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress makes significant gains in Kanyakumari region.
22 March – Jayendra Saraswathi becomes the 70th Shankaracharya of Kanchi.
4 April – Congress Working Committee set up a subcommittee under Jawaharlal Nehru's chairmanship to examine the working of the Constitution of India.^[1]
29 April - India and China signs Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence (Panchsheel).
18 May - K. Kamaraj drops the controversial Modified Scheme of Elementary Education introduced by Rajaji in Madras State.^[2]
8 July - Bhakra-Nangal Dam inaugurated.
11 August – Indian annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli: Portuguese forces surrender to the Indian SRP.^[3]
Seven killed in police firing in Travancore following agitation by Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress.^[4]
6 November – Bombay Electricity Board is formed.
7 December - National Defence Academy inaugurated at Pune.
Sahitya Akademi was established in 1954

Law[edit | edit source]

5 July – The Andhra Pradesh High Court is established.

Births[edit | edit source]

11 January – Kailash Satyarthi, Social Reformer, Co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize 2014
25 March – Pinky Lilani, author and businesswoman
12 May – Edappadi K. Palaniswami, chief minister of Tamil Nadu 2018.
4 July – Manjula Vijayakumar, actress (died 2013).
10 July – Malyadri Sriram, politician and member of parliament from Bapatla.
14 July
- Tanikella Bharani, playwright, script writer and actor.
- R. Sarathkumar, actor and politician.
23 July – Nadeem al-Wajidi, Islamic scholar and writer (died 2024).
1 August – Baba Gurinder Singh, Fifth and Present Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas.
11 August – Yashpal Sharma, cricketer (died 2021).
14 September – Shrikant Jichkar, politician (died 2004).
15 September – P. Vasu, film director and actor.
3 October – Sathyaraj, actor, producer and director.
3 November – Laxmikant Berde, comic actor (died 2004).
7 November – Kamal Haasan, actor and film director.
9 November – Shankar Nag, actor and director (died 1990).

Deaths[edit | edit source]

22 October – Jibanananda Das, poet, writer, novelist and essayist in Bengali (b. 1899)
5 December – Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai, civil servant, diplomat and Governor of Bombay (b. 1891)

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Austin, Granville (1999). Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience. Oxford University Press. p. 101. ISBN 0195648889.
↑ "Those Were The Days: How Rajaji's 'kula kalvi thittam' became a controversial education reform". dtNext.in. 15 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
↑ P S Lele, Dadra and Nagar Haveli: past and present, Published by Usha P. Lele, 1987,
↑ "Why did Kerala surrender Kanyakumari to Tamil Nadu without a fight?". www.onmanorama.com. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

[:03-1] Austin, Granville (1999). Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience. Oxford University Press. p. 101. ISBN 0195648889.

[2] "Those Were The Days: How Rajaji's 'kula kalvi thittam' became a controversial education reform". dtNext.in. 15 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2025.

[3] P S Lele, Dadra and Nagar Haveli: past and present, Published by Usha P. Lele, 1987,

[4] "Why did Kerala surrender Kanyakumari to Tamil Nadu without a fight?". www.onmanorama.com. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

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1954 in India

Contents

Incumbents[edit | edit source]

Governors[edit | edit source]

Events[edit | edit source]

Law[edit | edit source]

Births[edit | edit source]

Deaths[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]