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Events in the year '''1951 in the [[India|Republic of India]]'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[President of India]] – [[Rajendra Prasad]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Rajendra Prasad {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rajendra-Prasad |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 September 2018 |language=en}}</ref><br />
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br />
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[H. J. Kania]] (until 6 Nov.), [[M. Patanjali Sastri]] (starting 6 Nov.)<br />
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===Governors===<br />
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – <br />
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] –<br />
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==Events==<br />
*4-11 March, First [[Asian Games]] held in [[Delhi]].<br />
*18 June – [[First Amendment of the Constitution of India]] says "state can make special provisions for advancement of any backward class"<br />
*5 November – [[Central Railway (India)|Central Railway]] is formed by the merger of several government-owned railways.<br />
*[[Western Railway (India)|Western Railway]] is formed by merging smaller railways.<br />
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==Arts and literature==<br />
*16 December – [[Salar Jung Museum]] is opened to the public by the Prime Minister of India [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]....<br />
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==Births==<br />
*1 January – [[Nana Patekar]], actor and filmmaker.<br />
*17 January – [[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]], actress.<br />
*1 March – [[Nitish Kumar]], politician and [[Chief Minister]] of [[Bihar]].<br />
*26 June - [[Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju]], politician and member of parliament from vizianagram.<br />
*10 July – [[Narayanasami Sathyamurthy]], scientist.<br />
*11 July - [[Naramalli Sivaprasad]], politician and member of parliament from [[Chittoor (SC) (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chittoor]]. (died 2019)<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
* 15 February – [[Stephen Hector Taylor-Smith]], rocket scientist (born [[1891 in India|1891]]).<br />
* 5 December – [[Abanindranath Tagore]], Indian painter writer (born [[1871 in India|1871]]).<ref name="Dalal2017">{{cite book|author=Roshen Dalal|title=India at 70: snapshots since Independenc|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JYswDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT40|date=23 August 2017|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited|isbn=978-93-86815-37-8|pages=40–}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bollywood films of 1951]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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