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See also: 1959 in India, other events of 1960, 1961 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 Full date unknown 2 Births 3 Deaths

[edit] Events

• 1 May - Gujarat State and Maharashtra State are formed from the State of Bombay as laid down by the States Reorganisation Act.
• 1 May - In India, May 1 is declared as 'Gujarat Diwas' or 'Maharashtra Divas', i.e., Maharashtra Day (the same day is also celebrated as 'Kaamgaar Divas', i.e., Workers Day).
• 20 June - Maharashtra State Electricity Board formed.

[edit] Full date unknown

• Air India enters United States with flights to New York.
• Bajaj Auto goes public.

[edit] Births

• 3 January - Sandeep Marwah, stage, film and television personality.
• 25 June - Suresh Gopi, actor.
• 11 July - Kumar Gaurav, actor.
• 13 September - Karthik Muthuraman, actor.

[edit] Deaths

• 30 January - J. C. Kumarappa, economist (b.1892).
• 2 February - Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja, Hindu teacher (b.1884).
• 20 April - Pannalal Ghosh, flute (bānsurī) player and composer (b.1911).
• 27 April - Rajshekhar Basu, writer, chemist and lexicographer (b.1880).