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* 15 June – [[Indian Airlines]] created. | * 15 June – [[Indian Airlines]] created. | ||
* [[Air India]] [[nationalisation|nationalised]].<ref>{{cite web |date=21 June 2017 |title=Air India: Air India was at its peak during the JRD Tata times: Jitendra Bhargava, Former ED, Air India |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/air-india-was-at-its-peak-during-the-jrd-tata-times-jitendra-bhargava-former-ed-air-india/articleshow/59252990.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729005531/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/air-india-was-at-its-peak-during-the-jrd-tata-times-jitendra-bhargava-former-ed-air-india/articleshow/59252990.cms |archive-date=29 July 2017 |access-date=24 October 2017 |publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com}}</ref> | * [[Air India]] [[nationalisation|nationalised]].<ref>{{cite web |date=21 June 2017 |title=Air India: Air India was at its peak during the JRD Tata times: Jitendra Bhargava, Former ED, Air India |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/air-india-was-at-its-peak-during-the-jrd-tata-times-jitendra-bhargava-former-ed-air-india/articleshow/59252990.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729005531/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/air-india-was-at-its-peak-during-the-jrd-tata-times-jitendra-bhargava-former-ed-air-india/articleshow/59252990.cms |archive-date=29 July 2017 |access-date=24 October 2017 |publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com}}</ref> | ||
* 18 June - [[C. Rajagopalachari]] introduced [[Modified Scheme of Elementary Education 1953|Modified Scheme of Elementary Education]] in [[Madras State]]. The scheme was widely criticised and opposed due to [[Casteism]] ingrained in it.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-12-15 |title=Those Were The Days: How Rajaji’s ‘kula kalvi thittam’ became a controversial education reform |url=https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2019/12/15013004/1203824/Those-Were-The-Days-How-Rajajis-kula-kalvi-thittam-.vpf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927152855/https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2019/12/15013004/1203824/Those-Were-The-Days-How-Rajajis-kula-kalvi-thittam-.vpf |archive-date=2020-09-27 |access-date=2025-10-23 |work=dtNext.in |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
* 15 July - [[Kallakudi demonstration]] in Tamilnadu.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Panneerselvan |first=A. S. |date=2021-03-23 |title=How the Kallakudi agitation became a turning point in Karunanidhi’s political life |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/how-kallakudi-agitation-became-turning-point-karunanidhi-s-political-life-145744 |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref> | * 15 July - [[Kallakudi demonstration]] in Tamilnadu.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Panneerselvan |first=A. S. |date=2021-03-23 |title=How the Kallakudi agitation became a turning point in Karunanidhi’s political life |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/how-kallakudi-agitation-became-turning-point-karunanidhi-s-political-life-145744 |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref> | ||
* 8 August - [[Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]] [[Sheikh Abdullah]] and his government dismissed by Sadr-e-Riyasat [[Karan Singh]]. | * 8 August - [[Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]] [[Sheikh Abdullah]] and his government dismissed by Sadr-e-Riyasat [[Karan Singh]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 06:11, 23 October 2025
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Year in India Events in the year 1953 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
- President of India – Rajendra Prasad
- Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
- Vice President of India - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Chief Justice of India – M. Patanjali Sastri
Governors
- Andhra Pradesh – Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
- Assam – Jairamdas Daulatram
- Bihar – R. R. Diwakar
- Maharashtra – Raja Sir Maharaj Singh
- Odisha – Fazal Ali
- Punjab – Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (until 11 March), Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh (starting 11 March)
- Rajasthan – Maharaj Man Singh II
- Uttar Pradesh – Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
- West Bengal – Harendra Coomar Mookerjee
Events
- National income - Template:INR116,067 million
- 15 June – Indian Airlines created.
- Air India nationalised.[1]
- 18 June - C. Rajagopalachari introduced Modified Scheme of Elementary Education in Madras State. The scheme was widely criticised and opposed due to Casteism ingrained in it.[2]
- 15 July - Kallakudi demonstration in Tamilnadu.[3]
- 8 August - Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Sheikh Abdullah and his government dismissed by Sadr-e-Riyasat Karan Singh.
- 15 September - Police firing against labourers at Mattancherry for protesting against the chappa system, an early work-guarantee scheme.[4]
- 1 October – Andhra State was formed carving Telugu speaking regions out of erstwhile Madras Presidency.[5]
Law
- Government of India sets up first Backward classes commission headed by Kaka Kalelkar.
Births
- 7 January – K. Bhagyaraj, director, actor, script-writer and producer
- 1 April – Hari Chand, long-distance runner
- 8 May, Devi Prasad Shetty, top India's leading heart surgeon and social entrepreneur
- 15 May – Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli, politician and former member of parliament from Tirupati.
- 27 May – Ranjit Sinha, police officer (died 2021)
- 15 June – Kambhampati Hari Babu, politician and member of parliament from Visakhapatnam.
- 11 July – Suresh Prabhu, Politician, Railway Minister since 2014.
- 24 July Template:Ndash Srividya, actress (died 2006).
- 30 August – Avinash Balkrishna Patwardhan, engineer, author and Indian classical music researcher,
- 8 December – Manobala, director, actor, producer and comedian.
Deaths
- 22 November – Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, historian, biographer, littérateur and scholar of Islam (born 1884).
- 10 December – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Islamic scholar who translated the Qur'an into English (born 1872).