1944 in India
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Events in the year1944 in India.
Incumbents
[edit]- Emperor of India–George VI
- Viceroy of India –The Viscount Wavell
Events
[edit]- National income -₹76,509 million
- 8 March – 3 July -Battle of ImphalagainstOperation U-Go.
- 20-26 March –Battle of Sangshak
- 4 April – 22 June -Battle of Kohima
- 14 April -INAhoisted the Indian tricolor for the first time on mainland India atMoirangin Manipur.[1]
- 14 April –Bombay Explosion (1944)
- 25 April - Birth of Vinod Duggal S/O Shri Hussan Lal and Shrimati Sushila Duggal
- 5 May –Mohandas Gandhireleased
- 7 November -Lakshmikanthan murder caseand ensuing arrest of various prominent figures fromTamil cinema.
Dates unknown
[edit]- March to June –Operation U-Go;Japanese defeated in Manipur.[2]
- April -National Conferenceunder the leadership ofSheikh Abdullahsubmits a memorandum namedNaya KashmirbeforeHari Singh.
Law
[edit]- Public Debt Act
- Cocoanut Committee Act
- Central Excises and Salt Act
Births
[edit]- 11 January
- Shibu Soren,politician and Chief Minister ofJharkhand.
- Jagdish Tytler,politician.
- 18 February -Gurmeet Bawa,folk singer (died 2021)
- 23 February -J. C. Diwakar Reddy,politician and member of parliament fromAnantapur.
- 9 April –Ronen Sen,diplomat andambassadorto theUnited States of America.
- 1 May –Suresh Kalmadi,politician and businessman.
- 10 May –Antonette Mendes,singer and actress (died 2024)
- 1 June -Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy,politician and former member of parliament fromNellore.
- 20 August –Rajiv Gandhi,politician, 6thPrime Minister of India(died 1991)
- 23 August –Saira Banu,actress.
- 1 September –C. M. Gupta,scientist.
- 3 November –Debasis Mitra,mathematician.
- 8 December –Sharmila Tagore,actress.
Deaths
[edit]- 22 February –Kasturba Gandhi,wife ofMohandas Karamchand Gandhi(born1869).
- 9 November –C. N. Lakshmikanthan,Tamil film journalist
References
[edit]- ^"Azad Hind Fauz and the advanced INA Headquarters, Moirang".thesangaiexpress.Retrieved2024-06-21.
- ^Everyman's Dictionary of Dates;6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 507