1969 in India

1969 in India
Events in the year 1969 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
President of India – Zakir Husain 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
Vice President of India – V. V. Giri until 3 May; Gopal Swarup Pathak
Chief Justice of India – Mohammad Hidayatullah
Governors
Andhra Pradesh – Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
Assam – Braj Kumar Nehru
Bihar – Nityanand Kanungo
Gujarat – Shriman Narayan
Haryana – Birendra Narayan Chakraborty
Jammu and Kashmir – Bhagwan Sahay
Karnataka – Gopal Swarup Pathak (until 30 August), vacant thereafter (starting 30 August)
Kerala – V. Viswanathan
Madhya Pradesh – K. Chengalaraya Reddy
Maharashtra – P V Cherian (until 8 November), vacant thereafter (starting 8 November)
Nagaland – B.K. Nehru
Odisha – Shaukatullah Shah Ansari
Punjab – Dadappa Chintappa Pavate
Rajasthan – Sardar Hukam Singh
Tamil Nadu – Sardar Ujjal Singh (starting 14 January)
Uttar Pradesh – Bezawada Gopala Reddy
West Bengal –
until 1 April: Dharma Vira
1 April-19 September: Deep Narayan Sinha
starting 19 September: Shanti Swaroop Dhavan
Events
National income - 438,360 million
14 January - Madras State gets renamed to Tamil Nadu through parliamentary law.
12 July – Congress Parliamentary Board at Bangalore nominated Neelam Sanjiva Reddy as Congress's candidate for the post of President of India by a vote of four to two.
19 July – Morarji Desai resigned from the post of Deputy Prime Minister of India.
18 September: Start of the 1969 Gujarat riots
12 November – Congress Working Committee headed by S. Nijalingappa removed Indira Gandhi from primary membership of Congress Party.
Indian National Congress splits into two factions. One led by Indira Gandhi and another led by Morarji Desai.
Rajdhani Express was introduced
14 banks nationalized
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was set up
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) came into existence (10 March 1969)
Law.
• Registration of Births and Death Act (RBD Act)
Births
24 May – Sudhir Kumar Walia, Indian Army. (died 1999).
2 April Ajay Devgan, actor and producer.
21 June – Padmapani Acharya, Indian Army. (died 1999).
24 August Mukesh Tiwari, actor.
4 November Rupini, actress.
7 November – Nandita Das, actress.
25 November Sukanya, actress and dancer.
11 December – Viswanathan Anand, chess grandmaster and multiple time World Chess Champion.
Full date unknown
Soumya Bhattacharya, journalist and author.
M. Yoganathan, environmental activist.
Deaths
27 January – Anukulchandra Chakravarty, social reformer and philanthropist (born 1888)
31 January – Meher Baba, mystic and spiritual master (born 1894).
23 February – Madhubala, actress (born 1933).
3 May – Zakir Husain, politician and third President of India (born 1897).
13 June – Acharya Atre, Writer, Poet, Social Activist in the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement (born 1898).
28 July – Annabhau Sathe, social reformer and writer (born 1920).
See also
List of Bollywood films of 1969
2 February C.N.Annadurai politician-chief Minister of Tamil Nadu(State of India)
References
India
Years of the 20th century in India
1960s in India
1969 in Asia