1951 in India

Events in the year 1951 in the Republic of India.

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Centuries:
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  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
See also:List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history

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 January – Nana Patekar, actor and filmmaker.
  • 1 March – Nitish Kumar, politician and Chief Minister of Bihar.
  • 18 May — Jagdeep Dhankhar, politician and 14th Vice President of India
  • 26 June – Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju, politician and member of parliament from vizianagram.
  • 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
  • Bollywood films of 1951

References
  1. "Rajendra Prasad | Biography & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. Austin, Granville (1999). Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience. Oxford University Press. p. 82. ISBN 0195648889.
  3. Austin, Granville (1999). Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience. Oxford University Press. p. 89. ISBN 0195648889.
  4. Paul, KK. "Roots of Constitution's basic structure doctrine". The Tribune.
  5. 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.
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