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India-related events during the year of 1946
Events in the year 1946 in India.
Incumbents
Events
- National income - ₹77,566 million
January - June
- January –
Royal Air Force Mutiny of 1946 of British and Indian air force units
- 11 February – I.N.A. trial demonstrations in Calcutta, several killed
- 12 February – Hartal in Calcutta over the killing of demonstrators the previous day
- 18 February – Start of the
Royal Indian Navy Mutiny
- 22 February – Start of hartal in Bombay in support of the mutiny, which saw the British kill over 200 citizens
- 10 May –
Nehru elected leader of the
Congress Party.
July - December
Law
- 9 December – Constituent Assembly for India meets for the first time.
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- Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act
- Foreigners Act
Births
January to June
July to September
October to December
- 11 October –
Vijay P. Bhatkar, computer scientist.
- 12 October –
Ashok Mankad,
Test cricketer (died
2008).
- 15 October –
Victor Banerjee, actor.
- 9 December –
Sonia Gandhi, politician.
- 14 December –
Sanjay Gandhi, politician
- 16 October -
Naveen Patnaik, politician
- 26 December –
Narendra Prasad, actor, playwright, teacher and literary critic (died
2003).
- 27 December –
Vijay Arora, actor (died
2007).
Full date unknown
Deaths
References
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^ Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263