   events in the year 1960 in the republic of india. ==incumbents== * president of india â rajendra prasad * prime minister of india â 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, 1 may is declared as 'gujarat diwas' or 'maharashtra divas', i.e., maharashtra day (the same day is also celebrated as 'kaamdaar divas', i.e., workers day). *20 june - maharashtra state electricity board formed. *the ninth amendments of the constitution of india ===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. *1 february - jackie shroff, actor. *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 (bÄnsurÄ«) player and composer (born 1911). *27 april - rajshekhar basu, writer, chemist and lexicographer (born 1880). == see also == * bollywood films of 1960  
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