1960 in India
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Events in the year 1960 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
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, 1 May is declared as 'Maharashtra Divas', i.e., Maharashtra Day (the same day is also celebrated as 'Kaamdaar Divas', i.e., Workers Day) or 'Gujarat Diwas'.
- 20 June - Maharashtra State Electricity Board formed.
- The ninth amendments of the Constitution of India
Full date unknown
- Air India enters United States with flights to New York.
- Bajaj Auto goes public.
Births
- 3 January - Sandeep Marwah, stage, film and television personality.
- 1 February - Jackie Shroff, actor.
- 25 June - Suresh Gopi, actor.
- 11 July - Kumar Gaurav, actor.
- 13 September - Karthik Muthuraman, actor.
Deaths
- 30 January - J. C. Kumarappa, economist (born 1892).
- 2 February - Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja, Hindu teacher (born 1884).
- 20 April - Pannalal Ghosh, flute (bānsurī) player and composer (born 1911).
- 27 April - Rajshekhar Basu, writer, chemist and lexicographer (born 1880).
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