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India in 1955

Historical records for India in 1955, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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Historical records

January

January 1955Avadi ResolutionU. N. Dhebar

Avadi · Government / Congress Party

The Congress session at Avadi endorses the objective of establishing a socialistic pattern of society.

April

24 April 1955Conference of BandungJawaharlal Nehru

Bandung · Government / Government of India

Nehru participates in the Bandung Conference, whose final declaration promotes peaceful coexistence and international cooperation.

Other Events

1955Hindu Marriage ActJawaharlal Nehru

Government / Government of India

The Hindu Marriage Act establishes monogamy as a legal requirement for Hindus and reforms marriage law.

1955Raychaudhuri EquationAmal Kumar Raychaudhuri

Calcutta · Science / Physics

Raychaudhuri derives the focusing equation that later becomes central to the singularity theorems of general relativity.

Names involved

Amal Kumar RaychaudhuriJawaharlal NehruU. N. Dhebar

Places involved

AvadiBandungCalcutta

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by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.