1955 in India

← 1954 1953 1952 1955 in India → 1956 1957 1958
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See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1955 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• President of India – Rajendra Prasad
• Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
• Chief Justice of India – Bijan Kumar Mukherjea

Events

• 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.
• The Hindu Marriage Act enacted

Births

• 2 May – Maharaj Krishan Kaushik, field hockey player and coach.
• 25 August – Khan Shein Kunwar, short story writer.
• 17 October – Smita Patil, actress (died 1986).
• 5 November – Karan Thapar, television commentator and interviewer.
• 13 December – Manohar Parrikar, politician and Chief Minister of Goa.

Full date unknown

• Rohini Hattangadi, actress.

Deaths

• 1 January – Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, scientist (born 1894).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1955