Events in the year 1955 in the Republic of India. Incumbents 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. 25 August – Khan Shein Kunwar, short story writer. 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 See also List of Bollywood films of 1955 India Years of the 20th century in India