Rajendra Prasad sworn in as India's first president
1950 · Event
The Constitution comes into force and the Bihari lawyer who chaired the Constituent Assembly becomes head of state.
On these timelines: Master, India
Around 1950
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)
- Korean War (1950)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Manhattan Project (1942)