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Events

18 June - First Amendment of the Constitution of India says "state can make special provisions for advancement of any backward class"
5 November - Central Railway is formed by the merger of several government-owned railways.
Western Railway is formed by merging smaller railways.

Arts and literature

16 December - Salar Jung Museum is opened to the public by the Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru.

Births

1 January - Nana Patekar, actor and filmmaker.
17 January - Bindu, actress.
1 March - Nitish Kumar, politician and Chief Minister of Bihar.
10 July - Narayanasami Sathyamurthy, scientist.

Deaths

15 February - Stephen Hector Taylor-Smith, rocket scientist (b.1891).

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