1960 in India

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Events in the year 1960 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• President of India – Rajendra Prasad
• Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru

Events

• 1 May - Gujarat State and Maharashtra State are formed from the State of Bombay as laid down by the States Reorganisation Act.
• 1 May - In India, May 1 is declared as 'Gujarat Diwas' or 'Maharashtra Divas', i.e., Maharashtra Day (the same day is also celebrated as 'Kaamgaar Divas', i.e., Workers Day).
• 20 June - Maharashtra State Electricity Board formed.

Full date unknown

• Air India enters United States with flights to New York.
• Bajaj Auto goes public.

Births

• 3 January - Sandeep Marwah, stage, film and television personality.
• 25 June - Suresh Gopi, actor.
• 11 July - Kumar Gaurav, actor.
• 13 September - Karthik Muthuraman, actor.

Deaths

• 30 January - J. C. Kumarappa, economist (born 1892).
• 2 February - Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja, Hindu teacher (born 1884).
• 20 April - Pannalal Ghosh, flute (bānsurī) player and composer (born 1911).
• 27 April - Rajshekhar Basu, writer, chemist and lexicographer (born 1880).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1960