1946 in India explained

Events in the year 1946 in India.

Incumbents

January – Royal Air Force Mutiny of 1946 of British and Indian air force units
11 February – I.N.A. trial demonstrations in Calcutta, several killed
12 February – Hartal in Calcutta over the killing of demonstrators the previous day
18 February – Start of the Royal Indian Navy Mutiny
22 February – Start of hartal in Bombay in support of the mutiny, which saw the British kill over 200 citizens
10 May – Nehru elected leader of the Congress Party.

16 August - All-India Muslim League calls for Direct Action Day and the resultant violence resulted in more than 3000 deaths.
19 August – Violence between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta leaves 3,000 dead.
2 September – interim government formed
4 September – Street violence between Muslims and Hindus in Bombay.
27 November – Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeals to the United States and the Soviet Union to end nuclear testing and to start nuclear disarmament, stating that such an action would "save humanity from the ultimate disaster."
1946 Cabinet Mission to India on March 24
Tata Airlines renamed Air India.
Provincial Elections

5 July – Mamukkoya, comedian actor.
5 July – Ram Vilas Paswan, politician. (died 2020).
17 July – Lalitha Lenin, poet and academic.
28 July – Saint Alphonsa, Sister Alphonsa Muttathupadathu, in 2008 became first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint (born 1910).
20 August – N. R. Narayana Murthy, industrialist and software engineer.
25 September – Bishan Singh Bedi, cricketer (died 2023).

11 October – Vijay P. Bhatkar, computer scientist.
12 October – Ashok Mankad, Test cricketer (died 2008).
15 October – Victor Banerjee, actor.
9 December – Sonia Gandhi, politician.
14 December – Sanjay Gandhi, politician
16 October - Naveen Patnaik, politician
26 December – Narendra Prasad, actor, playwright, teacher and literary critic (died 2003).
27 December – Vijay Arora, actor (died 2007).

6 February – Upendranath Brahmachari, scientist and medical practitioner (born 1873).
12 October – Vellakal Palaniapa Subramania Mudaliar, retired veterinary college Dean, landlord, and Tamil scholar (born 1857).