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Events in the year '''1955 in the Republic of India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
===Federal government===<br />
* [[President of India]] – [[Rajendra Prasad]]<br />
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br />
* [[Vice President of India]] - [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]<br />
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[Bijan Kumar Mukherjea]]<br />
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===Governors===<br />
* [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] –<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 Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] –<br />
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==Events==<br />
*The [[Imperial Bank of India]], the oldest (est. 1921) and the largest [[commercial bank]] of the Indian subcontinent, was transformed into the [[State Bank of India]].<br />
* The [[Hindu Marriage Act]] enacted<br />
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==Births==<br />
*5 January - [[Mamata Banerjee]], politician<br />
*27 January - [[Ratnottama Sengupta]], film journalist<br />
*7 March - [[Anupam Kher]], actor<br />
*3 April - [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], playback singer<br />
*11 April - [[Rohini Hattangadi]], actress.<br />
*2 May – [[Maharaj Krishan Kaushik]], field hockey player and coach. (died 2021)<br />
*11 May – [[Keshav Desiraju]], civil servant (died 2021)<br />
*24 May - [[Rajesh Roshan]], music director<br />
*25 August – [[Khan Shein Kunwar]], short story writer.<br />
*17 October – [[Smita Patil]], actress (died 1986).<br />
*5 November – [[Karan Thapar]], television commentator and interviewer.<br />
*8 November - [[Pandula Ravindra Babu]], politician and member of parliament from [[Amalapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amalapuram]].<br />
*29 November - [[Rajendrasinh Jadeja]], cricketer (died 2021)<br />
*1 December - [[Udit Narayan]], playback singer<br />
*12 December – [[Chandan Mitra]], journalist (died 2021)<br />
*13 December – [[Manohar Parrikar]], politician and [[Chief Minister of Goa]]. (died 2019)<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*1 January – [[Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar]], scientist (born 1894).<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bollywood films of 1955]]<br />
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