1965 in India

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See also:	List of years in India; Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1965 in the Republic of India.

IncumbentsEdit

26 January 1950– Hindi becomes the official language of India.^{[citation needed]}
26 January – Anti-Hindi agitations break out in India because of which Hindi does not get "National Language" status and remains one of the 23 Official Languages of India.
24 February – English is adopted as an associate language in dealings between the Central government and the non Hindi speaking states.
20 March – First fighting in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 between West Pakistan and India only.
29 May – 1965 Dhanbad coal mine disaster – A mining accident in Dhanbad, India kills 274.

5 August – War begins between India and Pakistan.
2 September – Kashmir is declared an "Integral Part of India" and is not a "disputed territory", later responded by the Pakistani troops entering the Indian sector of Kashmir.
6 September – Indian troops attempt to invade Lahore.
6–22 September – A full-scale Indo-Pakistani war is fought over Kashmir, which ends after a UN Security Council calls for a ceasefire on 20 September.
8 September – India opens two additional fronts against Pakistan.
9 September – U.N. Secretary General U Thant negotiates with Pakistan President Ayub Khan.
16 September – China protests against Indian provocations in its border region.
18 September – Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin invites the leaders of India and Pakistan to meet in the Soviet Union to negotiate.
22 September – Radio Peking announces that Indian troops have dismantled their equipment on the Chinese side of the border.
24 September – Fighting resumes between Indian and Pakistani troops.
1 December – The Border Security Force is formed as a special force to guard the borders.

Aamir Khan
14 March – Aamir Khan, actor and film producer.
23 April – Jamling Tenzing Norgay, mountain climber.
2 July – Krishna Bhagavaan, actor.
2 September – Partho Sen-Gupta, independent film director and script writer.
27 September – Sudha Chandran, dancer, actress.
1 November – Padmini Kolhapure, actress.
Shahrukh Khan
2 November – Shahrukh Khan, actor, film producer and television host.
30 November – Tashi Tenzing, mountain climber.
25 December – Baba Ramdev, Yogguru.
27 December – Salman Khan, actor, film producer and television host.