Events in the year 1954 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 – until 3 Jan. – M. Patanjali Sastri 4 Jan.-22 Dec. – Mehr Chand Mahajan starting 23 Dec. – Bijan Kumar Mukherjea
Governors Andhra Pradesh – Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi Assam – Jairamdas Daulatram Bihar – Madhav Shrihari Aney Bombay – Raja Sir Maharaj Singh Jammu and Kashmir – Karan Singh Orissa – Fazal Ali (until 9 February), P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja (starting 9 February) Punjab – Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi Rajasthan – Maharaj Man Singh II Uttar Pradesh – Hormasji Peroshaw Mody West Bengal – Harendra Coomar Mookerjee
Events National income - 109,771 million 26 January – First Bharat Ratna in India : First recipient: C. Rajagopalachari Second recipient: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Third recipient: C. V. Raman 15 February - Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election results in majority for Indian National Congress. Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress makes significant gains in Kanyakumari region. 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. 29 April - India and China signs Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence (Panchsheel). 18 May - K. Kamaraj drops the controversial Modified Scheme of Elementary Education introduced by Rajaji in Madras State. 8 July - Bhakra-Nangal Dam inaugurated. 11 August – Indian annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli: Portuguese forces surrender to the Indian SRP.P S Lele, Dadra and Nagar Haveli: past and present, Published by Usha P. Lele, 1987, Seven killed in police firing in Travancore following agitation by Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress. 6 November – Bombay Electricity Board is formed. 7 December - National Defence Academy inaugurated at Pune. Sahitya Akademi was established in 1954
Law 5 July – The Andhra Pradesh High Court is established.
Births 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. R. Sarathkumar, actor and politician. 23 July – Nadeem al-Wajidi, Islamic scholar and writer (died 2024). 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).
Deaths 26 September - Chandrashekhara Bharati III, 34th Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Sringeri (born 1892). 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)
See also List of Bollywood films of 1954
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