Nehru's government launches the First Five-Year Plan with a strong emphasis on agriculture, irrigation and development.
Historical records for India in 1951, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Nehru's government launches the First Five-Year Plan with a strong emphasis on agriculture, irrigation and development.
India begins its first general election, conducted over multiple phases from 1951 into 1952.
Sambhu Nath De and colleagues publish experimental work demonstrating the damaging action of cholera toxin on the intestine.
Vaidya publishes an exact solution of Einstein's field equations describing the gravitational field outside a radiating star.
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