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- 1 January — Satyendra Nath BoseSatyendra Nath BoseSatyendra Nath Bose FRS was an Indian mathematician and physicist noted for his collaboration with Albert Einstein in developing a theory regarding the gaslike qualities of electromagnetic radiation. He is best known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s, providing the foundation...
, physicistPhysicistA physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
(d.19741974 in India-Incumbents:* President of India – V. V. Giri until August 24, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed* Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi-Events:*January to May smallpox epidemic...
). - 21 February — Shanti Swaroop BhatnagarShanti Swaroop BhatnagarSir Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, OBE, FRS was a well-known Indian scientist.-Early life:Bhatnagar was born in Shahpur, now in Pakistan...
, scientist (d.19551955 in IndiaEvents in the year 1955 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – Rajendra Prasad* Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru-Events:*The Imperial Bank of India, the oldest Events in the year 1955 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – Rajendra Prasad* Prime...
). - 25 February — Meher BabaMeher BabaMeher Baba , , born Merwan Sheriar Irani, was an Indian mystic and spiritual master who declared publicly in 1954 that he was the Avatar of the age....
, mystic and spiritual master (d.19691969 in IndiaEvents in the year 1969 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – Zakir Hussain until May 3, V. V. Giri until July 20 , Mohammad Hidayatullah until August 24 , V. V...
). - 10 April — Ghanshyam Das BirlaGhanshyam Das BirlaGhanshyam Das "G.D." Birla was an Indian businessman and member of the influential Birla Family.Birla's grandfather Shiv Narayana Birla wanted to diversify from the traditional marwari business of lending money against pawned items. He left Pilani, his hometown in Rajasthan with a modest capital...
, businessman (d.19831983 in India-Incumbents:* President of India – Zail Singh* Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi-Events:*February - Bandit Queen Phoolan Devi surrenders.*February - Hundreds of people die in Assam as fighting rages in the run up to elections.-Sport:...
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- A.B. PuraniA.B. PuraniAmbalal Balkrishna Purani was a prominent disciple and biographer of Sri Aurobindo.-Life and work:Purani was born in the state of Gujarat in India. A nationalist activist as a young man, in 1923 he joined Sri Aurobindo Ashram on being convinced by Sri Aurobindo that he need not worry about the...
, disciple and biographer of Sri AurobindoSri AurobindoSri Aurobindo , born Aurobindo Ghosh or Ghose , was an Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru, and poet. He joined the Indian movement for freedom from British rule and for a duration became one of its most important leaders, before developing his own vision of human progress...
(d.19651965 in IndiaEvents in the year 1965 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan* Prime Minister of India – Lal Bahadur Shastri-January to June:*26 January - Hindi becomes the official language of India....
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