The year 1949 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 1949 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.
Important Historical Events of the Year 1949 in World ⚡
Event__Date | Incident/Event |
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23 May | West Germany formally came into force after adopting the constitution. |
08 June | Syam was renamed as Thailand. Because of this, some people especially Chinese people who live here, even today like to call Thailand by the name of Siamese. The capital of Thailand is Bangkok. |
26 June | For the first time in Belgium's parliamentary elections, women got voting rights. |
29 July | Broadcasting began on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio. |
22 September | The Soviet Union successfully tested the first atomic bomb. |
27 September | The city of Beijing was chosen as the new capital of China. This historic city is located in eastern China. Which is counted among the political economic and cultural centers of China. |
01 October | Communist Party rule began in China and Mao Tse Tung became president. |
07 October | East Germany became a separate country with the Democratic government coming into existence. |
24 October | The foundation stone of the United Nations Headquarters in New York was laid. |
02 November | The Netherlands recognized Indonesia as an autonomous state. |
06 November | The civil war ended in Greece. |
29 November | An explosion in a uranium mine in East Germany killed 3700 people. |
05 August | A quake measuring 6.7 struck Ecuador's capital Quito, killing six thousand people. |
19 August | Bhubaneshwar became the capital of Odisha. |
17 December | Burma now Myanmar) recognized communist China. |
21 December | The Portuguese rulers declared Indonesia as a sovereign nation. |
29 December | Industries were nationalized in the European country Hungary. |
31 December | 18 countries of the world recognized Indonesia. |
19 January | The Caribbean country Cuba recognized Israel. |
30 January | Night air mail service started. |
30 March | The state of Rajasthan was established and Jaipur was made its capital. |
03 April | The US, Britain, France and Canada signed the North Atlantic Treaty. |
04 April | North Atlantic Military Organization (NATO) was established which was the result of the early Cold War. |
11 January | Los Angeles recorded the highest number of snowfall. |
22 February | Cincinnati Gardens opened in the city of Cincinnati. |
28 March | United States Secretary of Defense James Forrestal abruptly resigns |
01 April | Tokyo Stock Exchange was established. |
11 May | Israel joins the United Nations as its 59th member. |
07 June | Dock workers launched a strike in the United Kingdom. |
07 September | The Federal Republic of Germany was officially established. Konrad Adanauer became the first federal chancellor. |
02 October | The Soviet Union recognized the People's Republic of China. |
16 December | Sukarno was elected President of the Republic of Indonesia. |
02 January | Luis Muñoz Marín became the first democratically electedGovernor of Puerto Rico. |
03 January | The first Central Bank of the Philippines was formally inaugurated with Miguel Cuaderno, Sr. as the first governor. |
25 January | The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences presented the first Emmy Awards to honor excellence in the American television industry. |
26 January | The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory in California, the largest aperture optical telescope in the world for 28 years, saw firstlight. |
14 February | The Knesset, the legislature of Israel, convened for the firsttime, succeeding the Assembly of Representatives that had functioned asthe Jewish community's parliament during the British Mandate Era. |
15 February | Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux began excavationsat Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves in the West Bank region of Jordan, thelocation of the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls. |
17 February | Chaim Weizmann began his term as the first President of Israel. |
02 March | The B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II landed in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute. |
25 March | The Soviet Union initiated the mass deportation of over 90,000 people from the Baltic states to Siberia. |
04 April | Twelve nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty, which creates NATO, an organization that forms a system of collective defense whose member countries agree to mutual defense in response to an external party attack. |
18 April | Ireland officially left the British Commonwealth and became a Republic. |
28 April | The former first woman from the Philippines, Arora Cuzon, her grandson, and ten bistanders were assassinated by the Filipin Communist Party military team. |
05 May | The Council of Europe was incorporated by the Treaty of London on 5 May 1949 including Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and United Kingdom. The organization is an independent institution to promote cooperation among European countries. |
09 May | Reniere III started the 56 -year -old reign, becoming the prince of Monaco, which would make him one of the longest -long -ruled kings of the 20th state. |
11 May | On May 11, 1949, Israel became a member of the United Nations. The United Nations was the first international body to recognize the state of Israel as a formally valid Jewish state. The United Nations is being criticized by other countries for its sharpness towards Israel. |
23 May | The Federal Republic of Germany was established and the basic law was announced for the Federal Republic of Germany. This period is also known as Bonn Republic by academic historians. Germany was divided by Berlin Wall to East Germany and West Germany. |
08 June | A diastopian political novel was published for the first time by English writer George Orwell about life under the fictionalist law of nineteen eighty-four, Osia. |
25 June | Long-Hair Hair, starring Bags Bani, has been released in theaters. Long-Hird Hair 1949 released in 1949 is Luni Tunes Theater Cartoon Short, directed by Chak Jones and written by Michael Maltese. In addition to incorporating homophone "hair" and "green" and "green", there is also a sentence on the title "Longheir", which is the characterization of classical music lovers. Nicolai Shhutorov provides singing voice of Jiovani Jones. |
27 July | Day Havilland Commit, is the world's first commercial jetiner to reach output, which created its first flight. |
03 August | The US Basketball Association agreed to merge with the National Basketball League to form the National Basketball Association. |
05 August | 5,050 people were killed in a 6.8 mL earthquake near Ambato, Ecuador. |
08 August | In 1949, a disastrous earthquake shocked Ecuador, killing 4,600 people and caused an estimated loss of $ 20 million. In addition, a rescue plane crashed and killed 34 people. Four government dignitaries, 28 shell oil company employees and members of the crew were members in the aircraft accident. |
29 August | The Soviet Union investigated its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or 1 in Semalapaltinsk, Kazakhstan. |
29 August | The Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear test, exploding 22 -Kilotan RDS -1. |
04 September | Paul Robnyer Pikskil, New York, America after a concert erupted anti -communist riots. |
22 September | The Soviet Union exploded. This is the first atomic bomb, it is 4 years later. |
01 October | Chinese Communist Party leader Maotse Tung announced the establishment of the People's Republic of China. |
07 December | The government of the Republic of Chinese Civil War-China built Taipei (Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Holprechted) on the island of Taiwan. |
Important Historical Events of the Year 1949 in India ⚡
Event__Date | Incident/Event |
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05 May | The Jharkhand Party was established in India at a conference in Ranchi. |
12 May | Vijayalakshmi Pandit became the first foreign woman ambassador of independent India. |
09 June | Dr. Kiran Bedi, the first woman officer to join the Indian Police Service, was born. |
09 September | Hindi was adopted as the national language in India. |
14 September | The Constituent Assembly adopted Hindi as the official language of India. Since 1953, 14 September is celebrated every year in India as Hindi Day. |
17 September | South Indian political party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK) was established. |
09 October | The first governor of independent India, C. Rajagopalachari, officially inaugurated the territorial army. |
15 October | The state of Tripura was included in India. |
26 November | The Constitution of Azad India was signed by the President of the Constituent Assembly. |
29 August | One of the top scientists of India. Radhakrishnan was born. |
07 December | Indian Armed Forces Flag Day is celebrated. |
13 January | Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian wing commander to go into space, was born. |
15 January | KM Kariyappa became the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army. Since then, 15 January has been celebrated as Army Day. |
02 March | Sarojini Naidu, who played a leading role in the Indian independence movement and is known as 'Bharat Kokila', passed away. |
01 July | The Institute of Chartered Accountants was established in India. |
28 August | The last six surviving veterans of the American Civil War met with Indianapolis. |
26 November | The Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution. |
01 July | 1,000 years of the princely state of the Cochin royal family were completed. It was caused by the merger of two princely states, Cochin and Travancore, which was in the Tiru-Kochi state, which was re-organized as Kerala in the Indian Union. |
Famous People's Birthdays in 1949 😀
Birth | Name/Category/Country |
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13 January | Rakesh Sharma / pilot / India |
09 June | Kiran Bedi / Police officer / India |
01 July | Venkaiah Naidu / Politician / India |
03 October | J. P. Dutta / Producer / India |
03 October | O. P. Dutta / Director / India |
05 July | Abhay Ashtekar / Scientist / India |
06 January | Bana Singh / Soldier / India |
07 March | Ghulam Nabi Azad / Politician / India |
07 May | Goolam Essaji Vahanvati / Lawyer / India |
08 July | Gegong Apang / Politician / India |
08 July | Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy / Politician / India |
09 June | Kiran Bedi / Activist / India |
09 June | Kiran Bedi / Civil Servant / India |
09 June | Kiran Bedi / Politician / India |
10 July | Sunil Gavaskar / Cricketer / India |
11 August | D. Subbarao / Civil servant / India |
11 August | Duvvuri Subbarao / Economist / India |
12 December | Gopinath Munde / Politician / India |
13 January | Rakesh Sharma / Astronaut / India |
13 January | Rakesh Sharma / Pilot / India |
15 October | Prannoy Roy / Journalist / India |
16 May | Churchill Alemao / Politician / India |
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