1955 in India

Events in the year 1955 in the Republic of India.

Federal government

 * President of India – Rajendra Prasad
 * Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
 * Vice President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
 * Chief Justice of India – Bijan Kumar Mukherjea

Governors

 * Andhra Pradesh – Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
 * Assam – Jairamdas Daulatram
 * Bihar – R. R. Diwakar
 * Maharashtra – Harekrushna Mahatab (starting 2 March)
 * Odisha – P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja
 * Punjab – Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
 * Rajasthan – Maharaj Man Singh II
 * Uttar Pradesh – Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
 * West Bengal – Harendra Coomar Mookerjee

Events

 * National income - ₹111,748 million
 * The Imperial Bank of India, the oldest (est. 1921) and the largest commercial bank of the Indian subcontinent, was transformed into the State Bank of India.

Law

 * The Hindu Marriage Act

Births

 * 5 January – Mamata Banerjee, politician
 * 27 January – Ratnottama Sengupta, film journalist
 * 7 March – Anupam Kher, actor
 * 3 April – Hariharan, playback singer
 * 11 April – Rohini Hattangadi, actress.
 * 2 May – Maharaj Krishan Kaushik, field hockey player and coach. (died 2021)
 * 11 May – Keshav Desiraju, civil servant (died 2021)
 * 24 May – Rajesh Roshan, music director.
 * 22 August – Chiranjeevi Konidela, actor.
 * 17 October – Smita Patil, actress (died 1986).
 * 5 November – Karan Thapar, television commentator and interviewer.
 * 8 November – Pandula Ravindra Babu, politician and member of parliament from Amalapuram.
 * 29 November – Rajendrasinh Jadeja, cricketer (died 2021)
 * 1 December – Udit Narayan, playback singer
 * 12 December – Chandan Mitra, journalist (died 2021)
 * 13 December – Manohar Parrikar, politician and Chief Minister of Goa. (died 2019)

Deaths

 * 1 January – Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, scientist (born 1894).
 * Nobel death day 10 December 1955