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{{Year in India|1946}}<br />
Events in the year '''1946 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[Emperor of India]] – [[George VI]]<br />
* Viceroy of India – [[Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell|The Viscount Wavell]]<br />
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==Events==<br />
* January – [[Royal Air Force Mutiny of 1946]] of British and Indian air force units<br />
* 11 February – I.N.A. trial demonstrations in Calcutta, several killed<br />
* 12 February – Hartal in Calcutta over the killing of demonstrators the previous day<br />
* 18 February – Start of the [[Royal Indian Navy Mutiny]]<br />
* 22 February – Start of hartal in Bombay in support of the mutiny, which saw the British kill over 200 citizens<br />
*10 May – [[Nehru]] elected leader of the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]].<br />
*19 August – Violence between Muslims and Hindus in [[Calcutta]] leaves 3000 dead.<br />
*2 September – interim government formed <br />
*4 September – Street violence between Muslims and Hindus in [[Bombay]].<br />
*27 November – Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] appeals to the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]] to end [[nuclear testing]] and to start [[nuclear disarmament]], stating that such an action would "save humanity from the ultimate disaster."<br />
*9 December – Constituent Assembly for India meets for the first time.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref><br />
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===Full date unknown===<br />
*[[1946 Cabinet Mission to India]] on march 24, 1946. <br />
*[[Tata Airlines]] renamed to [[Air India]].<br />
*Provincial Elections in India<br />
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==Births==<br />
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===January to June===<br />
*16 January – [[Kabir Bedi]], actor.<br />
*1 February – [[Giri Babu]], actor.<br />
*18 March – [[Navin Nischol]], actor of Bollywood films (died 2011)<br />
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===July to September===<br />
*5 July – [[Mamukkoya]], comedian actor.<br />
*5 July – [[Ram Vilas Paswan]], politician. (died [[2020 in India|2020]]).<br />
*17 July – [[Lalitha Lenin]], poet and academic.<br />
*28 July – [[Saint Alphonsa]], Sister Alphonsa Muttathupadathu, in 2008 became first woman of [[Demographics of India|Indian]] origin to be [[Canonization|canonized]] as a saint (born [[1910 in India|1910]]).<br />
*20 August – [[N. R. Narayana Murthy]], [[industrialist]] and [[software engineer]].<br />
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===October to December===<br />
*11 October – [[Vijay P. Bhatkar]], computer scientist.<br />
*12 October – [[Ashok Mankad]], [[Test cricket]]er (died [[2008 in India|2008]]).<br />
*15 October – [[Victor Banerjee]], actor.<br />
*9 December – [[Sonia Gandhi]], politician.<br />
*14 December – [[Sanjay Gandhi]], politician (died [[1980 in India|1980]]).<br />
*26 December – [[Narendra Prasad]], actor, playwright, teacher and literary critic (died [[2003 in India|2003]]).<br />
*27 December – [[Vijay Arora]], actor (died [[2007 in India|2007]]).<br />
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===Full date unknown===<br />
*[[Mani Damodara Chakyar]], [[Kutiyattam]] and [[Chakyar Koothu]] artist.<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*6 February – [[Upendranath Brahmachari]], scientist and medical practitioner (born [[1873 in India|1873]]).<br />
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