1945 in India

Centuries:	18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; ;
Decades:	1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s;
See also:	List of years in India; Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1945 in India.

Incumbents

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

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).

^ Nath, Hemanta Kumar (13 June 2021). "Mizoram's Ziona Chana, head of world's largest family, passes away at 76". India Today. Retrieved 14 June 2021.