1960 in India

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

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7 May 1960 Border Road Organization (BRO) was established.

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
  • 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.
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