1949 in India

"See also:"
1948 in India,
other events of 1949,
1950 in India and the
Timeline of Indian history.

Events

*1 January - A ceasefire, ordered by the United Nations Security Council, takes effect in Kashmir.
*1 April - The Reserve Bank of India is established.
*28 April - India issues the London Declaration, enabling it (and, thereafter, any other nation) to remain in the British Commonwealth despite becoming a republic, creating the position of 'Head of the Commonwealth', and renaming the organisation as the 'Commonwealth of Nations'.
*6 June - With the passage of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act by the Indian government, Mahabodhi Temple is restored to partial Buddhist control.
*15 November - Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
*26 November - New constitution is adopted by the Indian Constituent Assembly.
*28 December - Central Reserve Police Force Act enacted.

Births

*13 January - Rakesh Sharma, Indian Air Force pilot and cosmonaut.
*7 March - Ghulam Nabi Azad, politician.
*4 April - Parveen Babi, actress (d.2005).
*30 October - Pramod Mahajan, politician (d.2006).

Deaths

*19 June - Syed Zafarul Hasan, Muslim philosopher (b.1885).
*15 November - Narayan Apte, accomplice in assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, executed (b.1911).
*15 November - Nathuram Godse, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, executed (b.1910).