Born in 1950 · Baby Boomer
What was the world like in 1950?
The receipt
What things cost in 1950.
Gold, 10 g (24K)
₹99
₹1,42,707 today
People in India
35 crore
146 crore today
Babies born in India each day
≈ 40,400
an estimate
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
from 17 February 1950
Gold: yearly average, 24K, approx. Petrol: Delhi pump price around mid-year, approx. Sensex: BSE year-end close. Today's figures as of late Oct 2026. For curiosity, not advice.
Not invented yet
If you were born in 1950, none of this existed.
1951
India votes in its first general election
1957
Sputnik, the first satellite, reaches orbit
1959
Doordarshan makes its first broadcast from Delhi
1961
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space
1969
Humans walk on the Moon
1975
Aryabhata, India's first satellite, launches
1975
Sholay releases in cinemas
1982
Colour television arrives in India
And 40 more. Your exact day shows the full list.
The year is the trailer. Your day is the film.
The Moon and your nakshatra, the weather in your city, the front page and who shares your birthday.
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