Events in the year 1961 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 – Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
Governors Andhra Pradesh – Bhim Sen Sachar Assam – Vishnu Sahay (until 13 January), Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh (starting 13 January) Bihar – Zakir Hussain Gujarat – Mehdi Nawaz Jung Jammu and Kashmir – Karan Singh Mysore – Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar Kerala – V. V. Giri Madhya Pradesh – Hari Vinayak Pataskar Maharashtra – Sri Prakasa Orissa – Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar Punjab – Narahar Vishnu Gadgil Rajasthan – Gurumukh Nihal Singh Uttar Pradesh – Burgula Ramakrishna Rao West Bengal – Padmaja Naidu
Events National income - 186,821 million 20 January – Queen Elizabeth II start of Royal visit. 5 February - Cachar Gana Sangram Parishad formed against imposition of Assamese language in Barak Valley by Bimala Prasad Chaliha government. 4 March – the first Aircraft carrier of Indian Navy, was commissioned. 19 April - Indian Foreign Service officer K. Sankara Pillai assassinated at Indian High Commission, Ottawa by a youth of Yugoslavian origins. This is the first martyr-ship of an Indian Diplomat. 19 May - Eleven Bengali Language Movement workers of Barak Valley including Kamala Bhattacharya killed in Assam Rifles firings at Silchar. 29 May – Nearly 32 people died in a coastal village in Kollam, Kerala due to chelonitoxism after consuming Turtle meat. 23 June - Sainik School system was established by Defence Minister of India, V. K. Krishna Menon. 12 July – Panshet Dam bursts in Pune causing a massive flood in the city of Pune. Over 1,000 people die. 2 October - Shipping Corporation of India is incorporated by amalgamation of Eastern Shipping Corporation and Western Shipping Corporation. 14 October - Jawaharlal Nehru commissions the first Electric locomotive that is made in India at Chittaranjan Locomotive Works. 1 November – The Hungry generation movement is launched in Calcutta. 17-19 December – Goa is officially ceded to India after 400 years of Portuguese rule.
Law
5 December – Supreme Court of India held that land taking under Kerala Agrarian Relations Act, 1961 is not protected from judicial scrutiny of Article 31(A).
The TenthTenth Amendment of the Constitution of India and Eleventh Amendments of the Constitution of India (1961) Anti-dowry Act
Births 7 January – Supriya Pathak, actress. 22 February - Mansoor Ali Khan, actor, music composer, writer and producer. 12 June – Jagadish, actor. 6 July – Vandana Chavan, politician and lawyer. 19 July – Harsha Bhogle, cricket commentator and journalist 15 August – Suhasini Maniratnam, actress, producer and director. 19 November – Vivek, actor and comedian. (d. 2021).
Full date unknown V. M. Girija, poet.
See also List of Bollywood films of 1961
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