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1954 in India

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Historical records for India in 1954

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April

29 April 1954

Panchsheel Agreement

Nehru, Jawaharlal · New Delhi · Prime Minister of India · Government / Government of India

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

August

3 August 1954

Department of Atomic Energy

Bhabha, Homi Jehangir · New Delhi · Atomic Energy Commission · Science / Technology

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

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1954

Collagen Structure

Ramachandran, Gopalasamudram Narayanan · Madras · Biophysicist · Science / Physics

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

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