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India in 1951

Historical records for India in 1951, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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Historical records

April

April 1951First Five-Year PlanJawaharlal Nehru

New Delhi · Government / Government of India

Nehru's government launches the First Five-Year Plan with a strong emphasis on agriculture, irrigation and development.

October

October 1951First General ElectionJawaharlal Nehru

Government / Government of India

India begins its first general election, conducted over multiple phases from 1951 into 1952.

Other Events

1951Cholera Toxin ExperimentsSambhu Nath De

Calcutta · Science / Medicine

Sambhu Nath De and colleagues publish experimental work demonstrating the damaging action of cholera toxin on the intestine.

1951Vaidya MetricPrahalad Chunnilal Vaidya

Bombay · Science / Physics

Vaidya publishes an exact solution of Einstein's field equations describing the gravitational field outside a radiating star.

Names involved

Jawaharlal NehruPrahalad Chunnilal VaidyaSambhu Nath De

Places involved

BombayCalcuttaNew Delhi

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.