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{{Year in India|1956}}<br />
Events in the year '''1956 in the Republic of India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<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]] (until 31 Jan.), [[Sudhi Ranjan Das]] (starting 1 Feb.)<br />
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===Governors===<br />
* [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] – [[Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – [[Jairamdas Daulatram]] (until 15 May), [[Saiyid Fazal Ali]] (starting 15 May)<br />
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – [[R. R. Diwakar]] (until 5 July), [[Zakir Husain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]] (starting 5 July)<br />
* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] – [[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar]] (starting 1 November)<br />
* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] – [[Burgula Ramakrishna Rao]] (starting 22 November)<br />
* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] – [[Pattabhi Sitaramayya]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] – [[Harekrushna Mahatab]] (until 14 October), [[Sri Prakasa]] (starting 10 December)<br />
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] – [[P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja]] (until 11 September), [[Bhim Sen Sachar]] (starting 11 September)<br />
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] – [[Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] – [[Man Singh|Maharaj Man Singh II]] (until 31 October), [[Gurumukh Nihal Singh]] (starting 31 October)<br />
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] – [[Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi]] <br />
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] – <br />
** until 8 August: [[Harendra Coomar Mookerjee]]<br />
** 8 August-3 November: [[Phani Bhusan Chakravartti]]<br />
** starting 3 November: [[Padmaja Naidu]]<br />
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==Events==<br />
* National income - {{INR}}135,474 million<br />
* 8 March – [[M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar]] handles the charge as [[Lok Sabha Speaker]].<br />
* 20 March – [[Sardar Hukam Singh]] handles the charge as Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker.<br />
* 21 July – The 6.1 {{M|s}} [[1956 Anjar earthquake|Anjar earthquake]] shook [[Gujarat]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''), killing 115 and injuring 254.<br />
* 1 September – [[Life Insurance Corporation of India|LIC of India]] formed<br />
* 14 October – Dr. [[B. R. Ambedkar]], Indian [[Dalit (outcaste)|Untouchable]] leader, converts to [[Buddhism]] along with 385,000 followers. See [[Neo-Buddhism]].<br />
* [[Gentlemen's agreement of Andhra Pradesh (1956)]] signed<br />
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==Law==<br />
* 1 November – The [[States Reorganisation Act]] of India reformed the boundaries and names of Indian states.<br />
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==Arts and literature==<br />
*15 October – [[Kerala Sahithya Academy]], Academy for [[Malayalam literature]], is inaugurated by [[Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma]], the former king of [[Travancore]].<br />
*[[List of Bollywood films of 1956]]<br />
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==Births==<br />
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===January to June===<br />
*1 February – [[Brahmanandam]], comedian-actor.<br />
*6 April – [[Dilip Vengsarkar]], cricketer.<br />
*4 May – [[Kunal Basu]], novelist.<br />
*6 May – [[Sujata Bhatt]], poet.<br />
*13 May – [[Sri Sri Ravi Shankar]], spiritual and humanitarian leader.<br />
31 May _ Manohara Rso Kodavoor<br />
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===July to December===<br />
*14 July – [[Tanikella Bharani]], playwright, script writer and actor.<br />
*19 July – [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]], actor.<br />
*29 July – [[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni]], author and poet.<br />
*17 August – [[Anil Aggrawal]], professor of [[forensic medicine]].<br />
*19 October – [[Sunny Deol]], actor.<br />
*25 November – [[Kristappa Nimmala]], politician and member of parliament from [[Hindupur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hindupur]].<br />
*24 December – [[Anil Kapoor]], actor and producer.<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*6 December – [[B. R. Ambedkar]], nationalist, [[jurist]], [[Dalit]] political leader and a [[Buddhist]] revivalist (born 1891).<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Bollywood films of 1956]]<br />
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