1955 in India

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See also:	List of years in India; Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1955 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

National income - ₹111,748 million
The Imperial Bank of India, the oldest (est. 1921) and the largest commercial bank of the Indian subcontinent, was transformed into the State Bank of India.

5 January – Mamata Banerjee, politician ^[1]
27 January – Ratnottama Sengupta, film journalist
7 March – Anupam Kher, actor
3 April – Hariharan, playback singer
11 April – Rohini Hattangadi, actress.
2 May – Maharaj Krishan Kaushik, field hockey player and coach. (died 2021)
11 May – Keshav Desiraju, civil servant (died 2021)
24 May – Rajesh Roshan, music director.
22 August – Chiranjeevi Konidela, actor.
17 October – Smita Patil, actress (died 1986).
5 November – Karan Thapar, television commentator and interviewer.
8 November – Pandula Ravindra Babu, politician and member of parliament from Amalapuram.
29 November – Rajendrasinh Jadeja, cricketer (died 2021)
1 December – Udit Narayan, playback singer
12 December – Chandan Mitra, journalist (died 2021)
13 December – Manohar Parrikar, politician and Chief Minister of Goa. (died 2019)

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