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India in 1954

Historical records for India in 1954, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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Historical records

April

29 April 1954Panchsheel AgreementJawaharlal Nehru

New Delhi · Government / Government of India

India and China sign an agreement incorporating the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, widely known as Panchsheel.

August

3 August 1954Department of Atomic EnergyHomi Jehangir Bhabha

New Delhi · Science / Technology

Homi Bhabha leads India's atomic energy programme as the Department of Atomic Energy is created under the Prime Minister.

Other Events

1954Collagen StructureGopalasamudram Narayanan Ramachandran

Madras · Science / Physics

G. N. Ramachandran and collaborators propose a triple-helical structural model for collagen using X-ray diffraction constraints.

Names involved

Gopalasamudram Narayanan RamachandranHomi Jehangir BhabhaJawaharlal Nehru

Places involved

MadrasNew 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varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.