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Events in the year 1969 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
- President of India – Zakir Hussain until 3 May, V. V. Giri until 20 July (acting president), Mohammad Hidayatullah until 24 August (acting president), V. V. Giri
- Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
- Chief Justice of India – Mohammad Hidayatullah
Governors
- Assam –
- Bihar –
- Gujarat –
- Haryana –
- Himachal Pradesh –
- Jammu and Kashmir –
- Karnataka –
- Kerala –
- Madhya Pradesh –
- Maharashtra –
- Nagaland –
- Odisha –
- Punjab –
- Rajasthan –
- Tamil Nadu –
- Uttar Pradesh –
- West Bengal –
Events
- 18 September: Start of the 1969 Gujarat riots
- Exact date unknown
- Indian National Congress splits into two factions. One led by Indira Gandhi and another led by Morarji Desai.
- Rajdhani Express was introduced in 1969.
- 14 banks nationalized by Indira Gandhi
- India was close to insolvency in 1969
- ISRO was set up
- CISF came into existence in 1969
Births
- 7 November – Nandita Das, actress.
Vishwanathan Anand
Full date unknown
- Soumya Bhattacharya, journalist and author.
Deaths
- 31 January – Meher Baba, mystic and spiritual master (born 1894).
- 10 January -Sampurnanand, writer and politician (born 1891).
- 23 February – Madhubala, actress (born 1933).
- 3 May – Zakir Hussain, politician and third President of India (born 1897).
- 13 June - Acharya Atre, Writer, Poet, Social Activist in the Samyukt Maharashtra Movement (born 1898).
- 28 July – Annabhau Sathe, social reformer and writer (born 1920).
See also
2 February C.N.Annadurai politician-chief Minister of Tamil Nadu(State of India)
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