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HOW IT WORKS
1956 in India
Summary
Events in the year
1956
←
1955
1954
1953
1956
in
India
→
1957
1958
1959
Centuries:
18th
19th
20th
21st
Decades:
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
See also:
List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history
in the Republic of India
.
Incumbents
edit
President of India
–
Rajendra Prasad
Prime Minister of India
–
Jawaharlal Nehru
Vice President of India
–
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Chief Justice of India
–
Bijan Kumar Mukherjea
(until 31 Jan.),
Sudhi Ranjan Das
(starting 1 Feb.)
Governors
edit
Andhra Pradesh
–
Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
Assam
–
Jairamdas Daulatram
(until 15 May),
Saiyid Fazal Ali
(starting 15 May)
Bihar
–
R. R. Diwakar
(until 5 July),
Zakir Hussain
(starting 5 July)
Karnataka
–
Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar
(starting 1 November)
Kerala
–
Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
(starting 22 November)
Madhya Pradesh
–
Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Maharashtra
–
Harekrushna Mahatab
(until 14 October),
Sri Prakasa
(starting 10 December)
Odisha
–
P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja
(until 11 September),
Bhim Sen Sachar
(starting 11 September)
Punjab
–
Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
Rajasthan
–
Maharaj Man Singh II
(until 31 October),
Gurumukh Nihal Singh
(starting 31 October)
Uttar Pradesh
–
Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
West Bengal
–
until 8 August:
Harendra Coomar Mookerjee
8 August-3 November:
Phani Bhusan Chakravartti
starting 3 November:
Padmaja Naidu
Events
edit
National income -
₹
133,139 million
20 February -
Gentlemen's agreement of Andhra Pradesh (1956)
signed.
8 March –
M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
handles the charge as
Lok Sabha Speaker
.
20 March –
Sardar Hukam Singh
handles the charge as Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker.
21 July – The 6.1 M
s
Anjar earthquake
shook
Gujarat
with a maximum
Mercalli intensity
of IX (
Violent
), killing 115 and injuring 254.
4 August -
Asia
's first
Nuclear reactor
,
Apsara
was built in
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
.
[1]
1 September –
LIC of India
formed
14 October – Dr.
B. R. Ambedkar
, Indian
Untouchable
leader, converts to
Buddhism
along with 385,000 followers. See
Neo-Buddhism
.
17 December -
Jawaharlal Nehru
meets
Dwight D. Eisenhower
as part of his visit to
United States
.
[2]
Law
edit
1 November – The
States Reorganisation Act
of India reformed the boundaries and names of Indian states. (enacted on 31 August)
Arts and literature
edit
15 October –
Kerala Sahithya Academy
, Academy for
Malayalam literature
, is inaugurated by
Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma
, the former king of
Travancore
.
List of Bollywood films of 1956
Births
edit
January to June
edit
1 February –
Brahmanandam
, comedian-actor.
6 April –
Dilip Vengsarkar
, cricketer.
4 May –
Kunal Basu
, novelist.
6 May –
Sujata Bhatt
, poet.
13 May –
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
, spiritual and humanitarian leader.
31 May _ Manohara Rso Kodavoor.
2 June –
Mani Ratnam
, film director.
July to December
edit
19 July –
Rajendra Prasad
, actor.
29 July –
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
, author and poet.
17 August –
Anil Aggrawal
, professor of
forensic medicine
.
21 September - Prabuddah Dasgupta, photographer.
19 October –
Sunny Deol
, actor.
25 November –
Kristappa Nimmala
, politician and member of parliament from
Hindupur
.
24 December –
Anil Kapoor
, actor and producer.
25 December –
Prabhu
, actor.
Deaths
edit
6 December –
B. R. Ambedkar
, nationalist,
jurist
,
Dalit
political leader and a
Buddhist
revivalist (born 1891).
See also
edit
List of Bollywood films of 1956
References
edit
^
"Apsara – U Reactor Becomes Operational at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay".
pib.gov.in
. Retrieved
24 July
2023
.
^
"Why Modi-Trump bonhomie reminds India, US of Nehru and Eisenhower".
ThePrint
.