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{{Year in India|1969}}<br />
Events in the year '''1969 in the Republic of India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[President of India]] – [[Zakir Hussain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]] until 3 May, [[V. V. Giri]] until 20 July (acting president), [[Mohammad Hidayatullah]] until 24 August (acting president), [[V. V. Giri]]<br />
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Indira Gandhi]]<br />
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[Mohammad Hidayatullah]]<br />
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===Governors===<br />
* [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] – [[Khandubhai Kasanji Desai]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – [[Braj Kumar Nehru]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – [[Nityanand Kanungo]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Gujarat|Gujarat]] – [[Shriman Narayan]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Haryana|Haryana]] – [[Birendra Narayan Chakraborty]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] – [[Bhagwan Sahay]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] – [[Gopal Swarup Pathak]] (until 30 August), vacant thereafter (starting 30 August)<br />
* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] – [[V. Viswanathan]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] – [[K. Chengalaraya Reddy]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] – [[P V Cherian]] (until 8 November), vacant thereafter (starting 8 November)<br />
* [[List of governors of Nagaland|Nagaland]] – [[B.K. Nehru]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] – [[Shaukatullah Shah Ansari]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] – [[D. C. Pavate|Dadappa Chintappa Pavate]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] – [[Sardar Hukam Singh]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] – [[Sardar Ujjal Singh]] (starting 14 January)<br />
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] – [[Bezawada Gopala Reddy]] <br />
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] – <br />
** until 1 April: [[Dharma Vira]] <br />
** 1 April-19 September: [[Deep Narayan Sinha]]<br />
** starting 19 September: [[Shanti Swaroop Dhavan]]<br />
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==Events==<br />
* National income - {{INR}}438,360 million<br />
* 14 January - [[Madras State]] gets renamed to [[Tamil Nadu]] through parliamentary law.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yamunan |first=Sruthisagar |title=Why former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Annadurai decided against renaming Madras state as Tamizh Naadu |url=https://scroll.in/article/964880/why-former-tamil-nadu-chief-minister-annadurai-decided-against-renaming-madras-state-as-tamizh-naadu |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 18 September: Start of the [[1969 Gujarat riots]]<br />
* [[Indian National Congress]] splits into two factions. One led by [[Indira Gandhi]] and another led by [[Morarji Desai]].<br />
* Rajdhani Express was introduced<br />
* 14 banks nationalized<br />
* ISRO was set up<br />
* CISF came into existence (10 March 1969)<br />
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==Law. ==<br />
• Registration of Births and Death Act ( RBD Act)<br />
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==Births==<br />
*24 May – [[Sudhir Kumar Walia]], Indian Army. (died 1999).<br />
*21 June – [[Padmapani Acharya]], Indian Army. (died 1999).<br />
*7 November – [[Nandita Das]], actress.<br />
*[[File:Vishi Anand-29-4-17.jpg|thumb|140x140px|[[Viswanathan Anand|Vishwanathan Anand]]]]11 December – [[Viswanathan Anand]], [[chess]] [[International Grandmaster|grandmaster]] and multiple time [[World Chess Championship|World Chess Champion]].<br />
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===Full date unknown===<br />
*[[Soumya Bhattacharya]], journalist and author.<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*31 January – [[Meher Baba]], mystic and spiritual master (born 1894).<br />
*10 January -Sampurnanand, writer and politician (born 1891).<br />
*23 February – [[Madhubala]], actress (born 1933).<br />
*3 May – [[Zakir Hussain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]], politician and third [[President of India]] (born 1897).<br />
*13 June – [[Acharya Atre]], Writer, Poet, Social Activist in the [[Samyukta Maharashtra Movement]] (born 1898).<br />
*28 July – [[Annabhau Sathe]], social reformer and writer (born 1920).<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Bollywood films of 1969]]<br />
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2 February C.N.Annadurai politician-chief Minister of Tamil Nadu(State of India)<br />
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