1954 in India

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Events in the year 1954 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

National income - ₹109,771 million
26 January – First Bharat Ratna in India :
- First recipient: C Rajagopalachari
- Second recipient: Dr.S Radhakrishnan
- Third recipient: C V Raman
22 March – Jayendra Saraswathi becomes the 70th Shankaracharya of Kanchi.
4 April – Congress Working Committee set up a subcommittee under Jawaharlal Nehru's chairmanship to examine the working of the Constitution of India.^[1]
11 August –
Indian annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli: Portuguese forces surrender to the Indian SRP.^[2]
Seven killed in police firing in Travancore following agitation by Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress.^[3]
6 November – Bombay Electricity Board is formed.
7 December - National Defence Academy inaugurated at Pune.
Sahitya Akademi was established in 1954

11 January – Kailash Satyarthi, Social Reformer, Co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize 2014
25 March – Pinky Lilani, author and businesswoman
12 May – Edappadi K. Palaniswami, chief minister of Tamil Nadu 2018.
4 July – Manjula Vijayakumar, actress (died 2013).
10 July – Malyadri Sriram, politician and member of parliament from Bapatla.
14 July – Tanikella Bharani, playwright, script writer and actor.
14 July – R. Sarathkumar, actor and politician.
1 August – Baba Gurinder Singh, Fifth and Present Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas.
11 August – Yashpal Sharma, cricketer (died 2021).
14 September – Shrikant Jichkar, politician (died 2004).
15 September – P. Vasu, film director and actor.
3 October – Sathyaraj, actor, producer and director.
3 November – Laxmikant Berde, comic actor (died 2004).
7 November – Kamal Haasan, actor and film director.
9 November – Shankar Nag, actor and director (died 1990).

22 October – Jibanananda Das, poet, writer, novelist and essayist in Bengali (b. 1899)
5 December – Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai, civil servant, diplomat and Governor of Bombay (b. 1891)

^ Austin, Granville (1999). Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience. Oxford University Press. p. 101. ISBN 0195648889.
^ P S Lele, Dadra and Nagar Haveli: past and present, Published by Usha P. Lele, 1987,
^ "Why did Kerala surrender Kanyakumari to Tamil Nadu without a fight?". www.onmanorama.com. Retrieved 24 July 2024.