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{{Year in India|1961}}<br />
Events in the year '''1961 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]] – [[Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha]]<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 Gujarat|Gujarat]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] –<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 />
* 21 January - Queen Elizabeth II start of Royal visit<br />
*4 March - the first [[Aircraft carrier]] of [[Indian Navy]], [[INS Vikrant (R11)]] was commissioned.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-25|title=INS Vikrant, First Make-In-India Aircraft Carrier To Be Commissioned In 2022|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/ins-vikrant-first-make-in-india-aircraft-carrier-to-be-commissioned-in-2022-543548.html|access-date=2021-06-26|website=IndiaTimes|language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
*29 May - Nearly 32 people died in a coastal village in [[Kollam]], [[Kerala]] due to [[chelonitoxism]] after consuming [[Turtle]] meat.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jyothilal|first=G.|title=60 years after 32 people who consumed turtle meat died in Kollam; survivor recollects tragedy|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/60-years-after-32-people-who-consumed-turtle-meat-died-in-kollam-survivor-recollects-tragedy-1.5773452|access-date=2021-06-26|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en}}</ref><br />
* 12 July - [[Panshet Dam]] bursts in [[Pune]] causing a massive flood in the city of Pune. Over 1,000 people die.<br />
* 1 November – The [[Hungry generation]] movement is launched in Calcutta.<br />
* 17 December – India reclaims [[Goa]].<br />
* 18 December – India reclaims [[Portugal|Portuguese]] colonies of [[Goa]], [[Daman, India|Damao]] and [[Diu, India|Diu]]<br />
* 19 December – [[Goa]] is officially ceded to India after 400 years of Portuguese rule.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-12-19|title=The day India freed Goa from Portuguese rule|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-42390008|access-date=2021-06-26}}</ref><br />
* The Tenth<ref>[[Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of India]]</ref> and Eleventh Amendments of the Constitution of India (1961)<br />
* Anti dowry Act (1961)<br />
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==Births==<br />
*7 January – [[Supriya Pathak]], actress.<br />
*12 June – [[Jagadish]], actor.<br />
*6 July – [[Vandana Chavan]], politician and lawyer<br />
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===Full date unknown===<br />
*[[V. M. Girija]], poet.<br />
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== Deaths ==<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bollywood films of 1961]]<br />
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