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1963 in India
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Events in the year 1963 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
- President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
- Chief Justice of India – Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
Governors
- Andhra Pradesh –
- Assam –
- Bihar –
- Gujarat –
- Karnataka –
- Kerala –
- Madhya Pradesh –
- Maharashtra –
- Nagaland –
- Odisha –
- Punjab –
- Rajasthan –
- Uttar Pradesh –
- West Bengal –
Events
- Supreme Court of India mandates that reservation should not exceed 50% for any institution.
- Theft of the Holy Relic from the Hazratbal Shrine
- The rocket for India's first ever rocket launch was carried in parts on a bicycle to the launch site, a church in Thiruvananthapuram in 1963. The launch sent NASA-made Nike-Apache rocket to space and led to the foundation of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) by Vikram Sarabhai on August 15, 1969
Births
- 29 April – Deepika Chikhalia, actress.
- 25 May – Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava, scientist.
- 2 June – Anand Abhyankar, Marathi Actor.
- 16 June – Irai Anbu, Indian Administrative Service.
- 30 July – Abhijith, actor.
- 10 August – Phoolan Devi, bandit turned politician, assassinated (d.2001).
- 13 August – Sridevi, Actress.
- 17 August – S. Shankar, director.
- 20 October – Navjot Singh Sidhu, Indian opening batsman.
- 4 December – Javed Jaffrey, actor.
Full date unknown
- Keshava Malagi, writer.
Deaths
- 13 April – Babu Gulabrai, writer and historian (b. 1888).
- 30 30 October - U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian Freedom Fighter, Orator, Politician (b. 1908).
- 24 November – Marotrao Kannamvar, Politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
- 2 December – Sabu Dastagir, actor (b. 1924).
Full date unknown
- Amar Nath Kak, lawyer and author (b. 1889).