1950 in India

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Incumbents

25 January – Election Commission is established.
26 January – The Constitution comes into force making India a republic, the day is observed as Republic Day ever since and declares Kashmir and Jammu into the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, thus Kashmir becomes autonomous within the federation.
26 January – Dr. Rajendra Prasad moves into Rashtrapati Bhavan as the first President of India.
8 April – Liaquat–Nehru Pact signed by Pakistan's Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in New Delhi
31 July 1950 – Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship signed
15 August – Medog earthquake and floods in Assam, India: 574 deaths, 5,000,000 believed homeless.

5 January – Jagathy Sreekumar, comedian-actor.
9 January – Y. Gee. Mahendra, dramatist, actor, singer playwright and comedian.
14 January – Rambhadracharya, Hindu religious leader.
9 February – Kilimanoor Chandran, author, poet and columnist.
11 April – Leo Rebello, holistic health guru, author, human rights activist, world peace envoy.
13 May – J. M. Aaron Rashid, politician.

14 April - Ramana Maharshi, Ancient Sage of the Modern Era (born 1879).
24 June – Darwan Singh Negi, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1914 (born 1881).
5 December – Sri Aurobindo, nationalist, scholar, poet, mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru (born 1872).
15 December – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, political and social leader (born 1875).

Pre-British period