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See also: 1947 in India, other events of 1948, 1949 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.

Events

• 30 January - Pacifist and leader Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse.
• 15 February - Junagadh and Manavadar (princely state) Rescinds accession to Pakistan, accedes to India.
• 24 February - Referendum approves accession to India.
• 25 February - Accession to India in effect.
• 1 May - First Kashmir War, Pakistan confronts the aggressors and fights the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 and is engaged with the Dominion of India for the first time
• 6 September - The Nizam of Hyderabad Deccan having to fail to retain independence decides to accede to the Dominion of Pakistan, Pakistan instead takes the case to the UN, pending resolutions regarding the issue.
• 12 September - Invasion of the State of Hyderabad by the Indian Army on the day after the Pakistani leader Jinnah's death, to assist damage control. Operation Polo led to the deaths of an estimated tens of thousands of Hyderabadi Muslims.

Births

• 7 January - Shobhaa De, columnist and novelist.
• 15 January - Bal Govind Dwivedi, poet.
• 24 February - J. Jayalalithaa, politician, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
• 25 February - Danny Denzongpa, actor.
• 10 April - Jaya Bachchan, actress.
• 10 September - Bhakti Barve, actress (d.2001).
• 16 October - Hema Malini, actress and dancer-choreographer.
• 11 December - Raghuvaran, actor (d.2008).

Full date unknown

• Anant Nag, actor and politician.
• Dharanidhar Sahu, writer.

Deaths

• 30 January - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, political and spiritual leader in India and the Indian independence movement, assassinated (b.1869).
• 1 February - Jatindramohan Bagchi, poet (b.1878).
• 9 August - Yellapragada Subbarao, medical scientist (b.1895).