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{{Year in India|1949}}
Events in the year '''1949 in India'''.

==Incumbents==
* [[List of heads of state of India|King]] of [[Dominion of India|India]] – [[George VI]]
* [[Governor-General]] of the [[Dominion of India]] – [[C. Rajagopalachari]]
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]

==Events==
* National income - {{INR}}92,908 million

=== January - June ===
* 1 January –
** After eight months of fighting between the Indian forces and the [[Pakistan Army]] agreed to a [[ceasefire]], ordered by the [[United Nations Security Council]], takes effect in [[Kashmir region]].
** The [[Reserve Bank of India]] was nationalized.
* 20-23 January - An international Conference of 19 nations took place in [[New Delhi]] for [[Indonesian National Revolution]].
* 30 March - Fifteen [[Princely state]]s joined the Dominion of India to form [[Rajasthan|Greater Rajasthan]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-28 |title=HT This Day: March 31, 1949 -- Greater Rajasthan is born |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/htthis-day-march-31-1949-greater-rajasthan-is-born-101648481462734.html |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
* 28 April – India issues the [[London Declaration]], enabling it (and, thereafter, any other nation) to remain in the British Commonwealth despite becoming a republic, creating the position of '[[Head of the Commonwealth]]', and renaming the organisation as the '[[Commonwealth of Nations]]'.
* 25 May - [[Parvathy Mills Limited|Kollam Textile Mill]] strike by [[United Trade Union Congress]] demanding payment of bonus to workers.
* 6 June – With the passage of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act by the Indian government, [[Mahabodhi Temple]] is restored to partial [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] control.

=== July - September ===
* 1 July - [[Princely state]] of [[Travancore]] and [[Kingdom of Cochin]] enters into [[Travancore–Cochin|Thiru - Kochi Pact]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=75 years of Kochi-Travancore merger: A far-sighted king who gave up his kingdom for an almanac |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/a-far-sighted-king-who-gave-up-his-kingdom-for-an-almanac/articleshow/111419026.cms |access-date=2024-07-10 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
* 27 July – India and Pakistan sign the [[Karachi Agreement]]
* 9 September – Queen Kanchanprabha Devi signs the [[Tripura Merger Agreement]].
* 17 September - [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] a linguistic regional party based in [[Tamil Nadu]] formed.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-08-30 |title=Early decades of DMK in 6 volumes |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/early-decades-of-dmk-in-6-volumes/article7598060.ece |access-date=2023-02-08 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* 18 September - [[Indian rupee]] suffers devaluation due to 30% devaluation of [[Pound sterling]] by [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pound devalued 30 per cent {{!}} 1940-1949 {{!}} Guardian Century |url=https://www.theguardian.com/century/1940-1949/Story/0,,105127,00.html |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>
* 21 September - [[Manipur (princely state)]] merges with [[India]] following agreement between [[V. P. Menon]] and [[Bodhchandra Singh]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Akoijam |first=A. Bimol |date=2001 |title=How History Repeats Itself |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4410908 |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=36 |issue=30 |pages=2807–2812 |issn=0012-9976}}</ref>

=== October - December ===
* 11 October - [[Prime Minister of India]] [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] arrived at [[Washington, D.C.]] for a three week visit in [[United States]] and was received by [[Harry S. Truman]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-12 |title=Nehru's 1949 'goodwill tour' of US & how it opened a new chapter in bilateral relations |url=https://theprint.in/theprint-essential/nehrus-1949-goodwill-tour-of-us-how-it-opened-a-new-chapter-in-bilateral-relations/913362/ |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 15 October – [[Tripura]] becomes a part of the Union of India
* 15 November – [[Nathuram Godse]] and [[Narayan Apte]] executed for assassinating [[Mahatma Gandhi]].
* 26 November - [[Constituent Assembly of India]] adopted the [[Constitution of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-27 |title=Explained: What happened on 26.11.1949, celebrated as India’s Constitution Day? |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-what-happened-on-26-11-1949-celebrated-as-indias-constitution-day-6137983/ |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
* 22 December - Planting of ram idol inside [[Babri Masjid]] by Abhiram Das.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Untold Story of How the Rama Idol Surfaced Inside Babri Masjid |url=https://thewire.in/communalism/untold-story-rama-idol-surfaced-inside-babri-masjid |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=The Wire}}</ref>
* 28 December – [[Central Reserve Police Force]] Act enacted.
* 31 December - An armed group of [[Communist Party of India]] activists killed four [[Police]] officers in [[Travancore–Cochin]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-02-15 |title=Sooranad Revolution martyrs remembered |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/sooranad-revolution-martyrs-remembered/article8242986.ece |access-date=2024-02-09 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Law==
* Constitution is adopted by the [[Indian Constituent Assembly]].
* [[Central Reserve Police Force]] Act
*Electricity Act
*Police Act
*Banking Regulation Act
*Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Act
*Industrial Disputes (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act
*Central Reserve Police Force Act
*Mangrol and Manavadar (Administration of Property) Act
*Seaward Artillery Practice Act
*Chartered Accountants Act
*Payment Of Taxes (Transfer Of Property) Act
*Abducted Persons (Recovery and Restoration) Act

==Births==
*1 January – [[Nana Patekar]], actor and filmmaker.
*13 January – [[Rakesh Sharma]], Indian Air Force pilot and cosmonaut.
*16 February – [[Milind Rege]], cricket player and selector (died 2025).
*7 March – [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]], politician.
*4 April – [[Parveen Babi]], actress (died 2005).
*1 June
** [[T. M. Abraham]], theatre director.
** [[Gautam Chattopadhyay]], musicologist and film maker, founder member of [[Moheener Ghoraguli]]. (died 1999).
*29 June – [[A. Anwhar Raajhaa]], politician.
*10 July – [[Sunil Gavaskar]], cricketer.
*21 August – [[Ahmed Patel]], politician (died 2020).
*23 August – [[Bansi Kaul]], theatre director (died 2021).
*30 October – [[Pramod Mahajan]], politician (died 2006).
*12 December – [[Gopinath Munde]], politician (died 2014).

==Deaths==
*2 March - [[Sarojini Naidu]], [[Activism]], (aged 70 years)
*6 April – [[Narendra Nath Dutta]], [[physician]] (born 1884)
*10 April – [[Birbal Sahni]], [[paleobotanist]] (born 1891).
*19 June – [[Syed Zafarul Hasan]], [[Muslim]] [[philosopher]] (born 1885).
*15 November – [[Narayan Apte]], accomplice in assassination of [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi]], executed (born 1911).
*15 November – [[Nathuram Godse]], assassin of [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi]], executed (born 1910).

== See also ==
* [[Bollywood films of 1949]]

==References==
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