1962 in India
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Template:Year in region The following lists events that happened during 1962 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents[edit]
- President of India – until 13 May, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
- Chief Justice of India – Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
Governors[edit]
- Andhra Pradesh –
- Assam –
- Bihar –
- Gujarat –
- Karnataka –
- Kerala –
- Madhya Pradesh –
- Maharashtra –
- Odisha –
- Punjab –
- Rajasthan –
- Uttar Pradesh –
- West Bengal –
Events[edit]
- 3 April – Jawaharlal Nehru is elected de facto Prime Minister of India.
- 6 May – India defeats the Philippines in the Eastern Zone final of 1962 Davis Cup at New Delhi
- 28 July – A locust swarm threatens New Delhi.
- 21 September – A border conflict between China and India erupts into fighting.
- 10 October – Beginning of the Sino-Indian War, a border dispute involving two of the world's largest nations (between India and the People's Republic of China).
- 20 October – Chinese troops invade Kashmir and illegally captured Aksai Chin
- 21 November – China withdraws troops from Arunachal Pradesh and orders ceasefire along the McMahon Line.
- 19 December – The last foreign-occupied territory of India, Daman and Diu, is integrated into India.
- The twelfth and Thirteenth Amendment of The Constitution of India
Births[edit]
- 17 January – Karan Kapoor, actor, model and photographer.
- 3 April – Jaya Prada, actress and politician.
- 7 April – Ram Gopal Varma, film director, writer and producer.
- 13 May - Acharya Shri Mahashraman, 11th Acharya of Jain Terapanth Sect
- 27 May – Ravi Shastri, cricketer.
- 5 June – C. Sylendra Babu, Indian Police Service Officer.
- 9 June – N. K. Senthamarai Kannan, Indian Police Service Officer.
- 3 July - U. Sagayam, former career Indian civil servant
- 6 July - Thota Narasimham, Indian politician and member of parliament from Kakinada
- 25 August – Rajiv Kapoor, actor, producer and director.
- 4 September – Kiran More, cricketer.
Full date unknown[edit]
- Sucheta Dalal, finance journalist.
- Madhavi, actress.
Deaths[edit]
- 11 June – Chhabi Biswas, actor (b. 1900).
- 1 July – Bidhan Chandra Roy, second Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1882).
- 4 December – Annapurnanand, Hindi writer (B 21 Sep. 1895)
Full date unknown[edit]
- K. C. Dey, actor (b. 1893).
See also[edit]