1964 in India
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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1964 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents[edit]
- President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru until 27 May, Gulzarilal Nanda until 9 June (acting Prime Minister), Lal Bahadur Shastri
- Chief Justice of India – Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha until 31 January, P. B. Gajendragadkar
Governors[edit]
- Andhra Pradesh – Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh (until May 4), Pattom A. Thanu Pillai (starting May 4)
- Assam – Vishnu Sahay
- Bihar – M. A. S. Ayyangar
- Gujarat –
- Karnataka –
- Kerala –
- Madhya Pradesh –
- Maharashtra –
- Nagaland –
- Odisha –
- Punjab –
- Rajasthan –
- Uttar Pradesh –
- West Bengal –
Events[edit]
- 27 May – Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru dies after a five-month illness; he is succeeded by Lal Bahadur Shastri.
- The Vishva Hindu Parishad is founded.
- Hazratbal disappearance episode
- The Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution of India
- IDBI Bank has established
Arts and literature[edit]
- 2 September – Indian Hungry generation poets arrested on charges of conspiracy against the State and Obscenity in literature.
- National Film Archive of India established in Pune.
Sport[edit]
- Charanjeet Singh (hockey player) is awarded the Padma Shri.
Births[edit]
- 20 January – Fareed Zakaria, journalist
- 16 February – Shrirang Barne, Politician, Member of Parliament from Maval constituency
- 30 April – Abhishek Chatterjee, Bengali film and television actor.
- 1 June – Rashid Patel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler, Lamba incident).
- 13 August – Harisree Ashokan, actor.
- 10 December – Jayaram, actor.
Full date unknown[edit]
- Bem Le Hunte, author.
Deaths[edit]
- 27 May – Jawaharlal Nehru, politician and 1st Prime Minister of India (b. 1889).
- 6 February – Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, freedom fighter, social activist and Health Minister (b. 1889).
- 10 October – Guru Dutt, film director, producer, and actor (b. 1925).