- 1949 in India
"See also:"
1948 in India ,
other events of 1949,1950 in India and theTimeline of Indian history .Events
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1 January - Aceasefire , ordered by theUnited Nations Security Council , takes effect inKashmir .
*1 April - The Reserve Bank of India is established.
*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 '.
*6 June - With the passage of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act by the Indian government,Mahabodhi Temple is restored to partial Buddhist control.
*15 November -Nathuram Godse andNarayan Apte executed for assassinatingMahatma Gandhi .
*26 November - New constitution is adopted by theIndian Constituent Assembly .
*28 December -Central Reserve Police Force Act enacted.Births
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13 January -Rakesh Sharma , Indian Air Force pilot and cosmonaut.
*7 March -Ghulam Nabi Azad , politician.
*4 April -Parveen Babi , actress (d.2005).
*30 October -Pramod Mahajan , politician (d.2006).Deaths
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19 June -Syed Zafarul Hasan ,Muslim philosopher (b.1885).
*15 November -Narayan Apte , accomplice in assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, executed (b.1911).
*15 November -Nathuram Godse , assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, executed (b.1910).
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