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{{Year in India|1948}}<br />
Events in the year '''1948 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[King of India]] – [[George VI]] <br />
* Governor-General of the Union of India – The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma <br />
* Governor-General of the Union of India – [[C. Rajagopalachari]] (from 21 June)<br />
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br />
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==Events==<br />
[[File: Gandhi Smriti Delhi.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]]: The Martyr's Column at the Gandhi Smriti, ([[Birla House]]), the spot where Gandhi was assassinated.]]<br />
*30 January – [[Assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]]: The spiritual leader of India [[Mahatma Gandhi]] is assassinated by [[Nathuram Godse]].<br />
*15 February – [[Junagadh|Junagadh and Manavadar (princely state)]] Rescinds accession to Pakistan, accedes to India.<br />
*8 March princely state of Jath accedes to India<br />
*24 February – Referendum approves accession to India.<br />
*25 February – Accession to India in effect.<br />
*15 April 1948 – [[Mandi District]] was formed by the amalgamation of the erstwhile princely states of [[Mandi State|Mandi]] and [[Suket State|Suket]] on the formation of [[Himachal Pradesh]].<br />
*1 May – First Kashmir War, India confronts the aggressors and fights the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]] and is engaged with the [[Dominion of Pakistan]] for the first time<br />
*6 September – The Nizam of Hyderabad Deccan having failed to retain independence decides to accede to the [[Dominion of Pakistan]], Pakistan instead takes the case to the [[UN]], pending resolutions regarding the issue.<br />
*12 September – [[State of Hyderabad]] joins the Dominion of India.<br />
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==Births==<br />
*7 January – [[Shobhaa De]], columnist and novelist.<br />
*24 February – [[J. Jayalalithaa]], Actress, Politician, Former [[List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]]. (Died 2016)<br />
*25 February – [[Danny Denzongpa]], actor.<br />
*10 April – [[Jaya Bachchan]], actress.<br />
*3 May – [[S. Ramesan Nair]], lyricist and poet (died 2021).<br />
*14 June – [[Gokaraju Ganga Raju]], politician and member of parliament from [[Narasapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Narasapuram]].<br />
*10 September – [[Bhakti Barve]], actress (died 2001).<br />
*2 October – [[Persis Khambatta]], actress and model (died 1998).<br />
*16 October – [[Hema Malini]], actress and dancer-choreographer.<br />
*11 December – [[Raghuvaran]], actor (died 2008).<br />
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* [[Anant Nag]], actor and politician.<br />
* [[Dharanidhar Sahu]], writer.<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
* 30 January – [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]], political and spiritual leader in India and the [[Indian independence movement]], [[assassination|assassinated]] (born 1869).<br />
* 1 February – [[Jatindramohan Bagchi]], poet (born 1878).<br />
* 9 August – [[Yellapragada Subbarow]], medical scientist (born 1895).<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bollywood films of 1948]]<br />
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