1945 in India

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Events in the year 1945 in India.

• Emperor of India – George VI
• Viceroy of India – Viscount Wavell

• National income - ₹77,736 million
• Detailed Wavell Plan: In May, Wavell visited London and discussed his ideas with the British Government. These London talks resulted in the formulation of a definite plan of action, officially made public simultaneously on 14 June, by L.S.
• 8 May – War ends in Europe, with only fighting left with the Japanese
• 18 August – Subhas Chandra Bose, one of the Indian Freedom movement leaders, presumed dead in a plane crash in Taiwan
• 2nd September – World War II officially ends, and Britain is bankrupt
• 20 September – Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru demand that British troops leave India, in vain.
• 25 June – Muslim League and congress were invited to the Simla Conference
• 29 November – Bajaj Auto comes into existence.
• All India Council for Technical Education is established

• International Monetary Fund and Bank Act

• 14 January – Surjit Patar, writer and poet (died 2024).
• 17 January – Javed Akhtar, political activist, poet, lyricist and screenwriter.
• 13 February – Vinod Mehra, actor (died 1990).
• 17 March – Esther David, author, artist, and sculptor.
• 1 April – Ali Ahmed Aslam, chef (died 2022).
• 4 May – N. Ram, journalist.
• 20 May – Ibrahim Saeed, journalist, editor and scholar (died 2007).
• 26 May – Vilasrao Deshmukh, politician and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra. (died 2012).
• 16 June – Bikash Sinha, physicist (died 2023).
• 17 June – P. D. T. Achary, civil servant.
• 1 July – Susham Bedi, novelist, poet, and short story writer.
• 2 July – S. A. Chandrasekhar, film director and father of Joseph Vijay.
• 21 July – Ziona, religious leader, head of the largest living family^[1] (died2021)
• 24 July – Azim Premji, businessman.
• November – Subrahmaniam Nagarajan, wheat pathologist. (died2016)

• 18 August – Subhas Chandra Bose, the most prominent leader of the Indian independence movement (born 1897).