This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "1949 in India" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(April 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

← 1948 1947 1946 1949 in India → 1950 1951 1952
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year1949 in India.

• King ofIndia –George VI
• Governor-General of theDominion of India –C. Rajagopalachari
• Prime Minister of India –Jawaharlal Nehru

• National income -₹92,908 million

• 1 January –
  • After eight months of fighting between the Indian forces and thePakistan Army agreed to aceasefire, ordered by theUnited Nations Security Council, takes effect inKashmir region.
  • TheReserve Bank of India was nationalized.
• 20-23 January - An international Conference of 19 nations took place inNew Delhi forIndonesian National Revolution.
• 30 March - FifteenPrincely states joined the Dominion of India to formGreater Rajasthan.^[1]
• 28 April – India issues theLondon Declaration, enabling it (and, thereafter, any other nation) to remain in the British Commonwealth despite becoming a republic, creating the position of 'Head of the Commonwealth', and renaming the organisation as the 'Commonwealth of Nations'.
• 25 May -Kollam Textile Mill strike byUnited Trade Union Congress demanding payment of bonus to workers.
• 6 June – With the passage of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act by the Indian government,Mahabodhi Temple is restored to partialBuddhist control.

• 1 July -Princely state ofTravancore andKingdom of Cochin enters intoThiru - Kochi Pact.^[2]
• 27 July – India and Pakistan sign theKarachi Agreement
• 9 September – Queen Kanchanprabha Devi signs theTripura Merger Agreement.
• 17 September -Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam a linguistic regional party based inTamil Nadu formed.^[3]
• 18 September -Indian rupee suffers devaluation due to 30% devaluation ofPound sterling byChancellor of the Exchequer.^[4]
• 21 September -Manipur (princely state) merges withIndia following agreement betweenV. P. Menon andBodhchandra Singh.^[5]

• 11 October -Prime Minister of IndiaJawaharlal Nehru arrived atWashington, D.C. for a three week visit inUnited States and was received byHarry S. Truman.^[6]
• 15 October –Tripura becomes a part of the Union of India
• 15 November –Nathuram Godse andNarayan Apte executed for assassinatingMahatma Gandhi.
• 26 November -Constituent Assembly of India adopted theConstitution of India.^[7]
• 22 December - Planting of ram idol insideBabri Masjid by Abhiram Das.^[8]
• 28 December –Central Reserve Police Force Act enacted.
• 31 December - An armed group ofCommunist Party of India activists killed fourPolice officers inTravancore–Cochin.^[9]

• Constitution is adopted by theIndian Constituent Assembly.
• Central Reserve Police Force Act
• Electricity Act
• Police Act
• Banking Regulation Act
• Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Act
• Industrial Disputes (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act
• Central Reserve Police Force Act
• Mangrol and Manavadar (Administration of Property) Act
• Seaward Artillery Practice Act
• Chartered Accountants Act
• Payment Of Taxes (Transfer Of Property) Act
• Abducted Persons (Recovery and Restoration) Act

• 1 January –Nana Patekar, actor and filmmaker.
• 13 January –Rakesh Sharma, Indian Air Force pilot and cosmonaut.
• 16 February –Milind Rege, cricket player and selector (died 2025).
• 7 March –Ghulam Nabi Azad, politician.
• 4 April –Parveen Babi, actress (died 2005).
• 1 June
  • T. M. Abraham, theatre director.
  • Gautam Chattopadhyay, musicologist and film maker, founder member ofMoheener Ghoraguli. (died 1999).
• 29 June –A. Anwhar Raajhaa, politician.
• 10 July –Sunil Gavaskar, cricketer.
• 21 August –Ahmed Patel, politician (died 2020).
• 23 August –Bansi Kaul, theatre director (died 2021).
• 30 October –Pramod Mahajan, politician (died 2006).
• 12 December –Gopinath Munde, politician (died 2014).

• 2 March -Sarojini Naidu,Activism, (aged 70 years)
• 6 April –Narendra Nath Dutta,physician (born 1884)
• 10 April –Birbal Sahni,paleobotanist (born 1891).
• 19 June –Syed Zafarul Hasan,Muslimphilosopher (born 1885).
• 15 November –Narayan Apte, accomplice in assassination ofMahatma Gandhi, executed (born 1911).
• 15 November –Nathuram Godse, assassin ofMahatma Gandhi, executed (born 1910).

• Bollywood films of 1949

• 1949 in India
• 1949 by country
• Years of the 20th century in India
• 1940s in India
• 1949 in Asia

• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Use dmy dates from September 2020
• Articles needing additional references from April 2022
• All articles needing additional references