1945 in India

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

Detailed Wavell Plan. In May 1945 Wavell visited London and discussed his ideas with the British Government. These London talks resulted in the formulation of a definite plan of action which was officially made public simultaneously on June 14, 1945 by L.S.

• 18 August – Subhas Chandra Bose, one of Indian Freedom movement leaders, presumed dead in a plane crash in Taiwan
• 20 September – Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru demand that British troops leave India, unfortunately not working.
• 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.

• 13 February – Vinod Mehra, actor (died 1990).
• 17 March – Esther David, author, artist and sculptor.
• 4 May – Narasimhan Ram, journalist.
• 20 May – Ibrahim Saeed, journalist, editor and scholar (died 2007).
• 26 May – Vilasrao Deshmukh, politician and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
• 1 July – Susham Bedi, novelist, poet and short story writer.
• 24 July – Azim Premji, businessman.
• November – Subrahmaniam Nagarajan, wheat pathologist.

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