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==Events==
* National income - {{INR}}186,821 million
* 20 January – Queen Elizabeth II start of Royal visit.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sekar |first=Sunitha |date=2022-09-09 |title=Madras gave a reception fit for a Queen in 1961 |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/madras-gave-a-reception-fit-for-a-queen-in-1961/article65871085.ece |access-date=2023-04-26 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* 5 February - [[Bengali Language Movement (Barak Valley)|Cachar Gana Sangram Parishad]] formed against imposition of [[Assamese language]] in [[Barak Valley]] by [[Bimala Prasad Chaliha]] government.
* 4 March – the first [[Aircraft carrier]] of [[Indian Navy]],
* 19 April - [[Indian Foreign Service]] officer K. Sankara Pillai assassinated at [[List of diplomatic missions of India|Indian High Commission]], [[Ottawa]] by a youth of [[Yugoslavia|Yugoslavian]] origins. This is the first martyr-ship of an Indian [[Diplomat]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Column {{!}} India's first diplomatic martyr |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/global-indian/2020/04/28/indian-diplomat-kokkat-sankara-pillai-death-ifs.html |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=OnManorama}}</ref>
* 19 May - Eleven [[Bengali Language Movement (Barak Valley)|Bengali Language Movement]] workers of [[Barak Valley]] including [[Kamala Bhattacharya]] killed in [[Assam Rifles]] firings at [[Silchar]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-05-20 |title=Barak Valley pays tribute to 11 language martyrs |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/barak-valley-pays-tribute-to-11-language-martyrs/articleshow/20149353.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-04-26 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
* 29 May – Nearly 32 people died in a coastal village in [[Kollam]], [[Kerala]] due to [[chelonitoxism]] after consuming [[Turtle]] meat.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jyothilal|first=G.|title=60 years after 32 people who consumed turtle meat died in Kollam; survivor recollects tragedy|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/60-years-after-32-people-who-consumed-turtle-meat-died-in-kollam-survivor-recollects-tragedy-1.5773452|access-date=2021-06-26|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en}}</ref>
* 23 June - [[Sainik School|Sainik School system]] was established by Defence Minister of India, [[V. K. Krishna Menon]].▼
* 12 July – [[Panshet Dam]] bursts in [[Pune]] causing a massive flood in the city of Pune. Over 1,000 people die.
* 2 October - [[Shipping Corporation of India]] is incorporated by amalgamation of Eastern Shipping Corporation and Western Shipping Corporation.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The standard-bearer |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/advertorial/article30221852.ece |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Frontline |language=en}}</ref>
* 14 October - [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] commissions the first [[Electric locomotive]] that is made in India at [[Chittaranjan Locomotive Works]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chittaranjan Locomotives History |url=https://clw.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,294,301}}</ref>
* 1 November – The [[Hungry generation]] movement is launched in Calcutta.
* 17-19 December – [[Goa]] is officially ceded to India after 400 years of Portuguese rule.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-12-19|title=The day India freed Goa from Portuguese rule|language=en-GB|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-42390008|access-date=2021-06-26}}</ref>
==Law==
* 5 December – [[Supreme Court of India]] held that land taking under ''Kerala Agrarian Relations Act, 1961'' is not protected from judicial scrutiny of ''Article 31(A).''<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Austin |first=Granville |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r42bAAAAMAAJ |title=Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1999 |isbn=0195648889 |pages=111 |language=en}}</ref>
* The Tenth<ref>[[Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of India]]</ref> and Eleventh Amendments of the Constitution of India (1961)
* Anti
▲*23 June - Sainik School was established by Defence Minister of India, V.K Krishna Menon
==Births==
*7 January – [[Supriya Pathak]], actress.
*22 February - [[Mansoor Ali Khan (actor)|Mansoor Ali Khan]], actor, music composer, writer and producer.
*12 June – [[Jagadish]], actor.
*6 July – [[Vandana Chavan]], politician and lawyer.
*19 July – [[Harsha Bhogle]], cricket commentator and journalist
*15 August – [[Suhasini Maniratnam]], actress, producer and director.
*19 November – [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]], actor and comedian. (d. 2021).
===Full date unknown===
*[[V. M. Girija]], poet.
== See also ==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
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[[Category:1961 by country|India]]
[[Category:Years of the 20th century in India]]
[[Category:1960s in India]]
[[Category:1961 in Asia]]
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