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- 17 January — Babu GulabraiBabu GulabraiBabu Gulabrai was one of the greatest literary figures of modern Hindi literature.-Biography:...
, writer and historian (d.19631963 in IndiaEvents in the year 1963 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan* Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru-Events:* Supreme Court of India mandates that reservation should not exceed 50% for any institution....
). - 5 September — Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanSarvepalli RadhakrishnanSir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan , OM, FBA was an Indian philosopher and statesman. He was the first Vice President of India and subsequently the second President of India ....
, philosopher and statesman, first Vice PresidentVice presidentA vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president...
of India and second President of IndiaPresident of IndiaThe President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...
(d.19751975 in IndiaEvents in the year 1975 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed* Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi-Events:*19 April - The first Indian satellite, Aryabhata, goes into Earth's orbit....
). - 7 November — C. V. Raman, physicistPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
, awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in PhysicsNobel Prize in PhysicsThe Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901; the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and...
(d.19701970 in IndiaEvents in the year 1970 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – V. V. Giri* Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi-Events:...
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