1960 in India

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

Events in the year 1960 in the Republic of India.(post Independence period)

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1 May – Gujarat State and Maharashtra State are formed from the State of Bombay as laid down by the States Reorganisation Act.
1 May – In India, 1 May is declared as 'Maharashtra Divas', i.e., Maharashtra Day (the same day is also celebrated as 'Kaamgaar Divas', i.e., Workers Day) or 'Gujarat Diwas'.
1 May – Yashwantrao Chavan took oath as the 1st Chief Minister of Maharashtra
20 June – Maharashtra State Electricity Board formed.
The ninth amendments of the Constitution of India

Air India enters United States with flights to New York.
Bajaj Auto goes public.
Goa, Diu and Daman were freed from Portuguese rule and became parts of the Indian federation.

2 January – Raman Lamba, cricketer
5 February – Maganti Venkateswara Rao, politician and member of parliament from Eluru.
1 May – Y. V. Subba Reddy, politician from YSR Congress Party and former member of parliament from Ongole.
25 June – Suresh Gopi, actor.
11 July – Kumar Gaurav, actor.
13 September – Karthik Muthuraman, actor.

30 January – J. C. Kumarappa, economist (born 1892).
2 February – Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja, Hindu teacher (born 1884).
20 April – Pannalal Ghosh, flute (bānsurī) player and composer (born 1911).
27 April – Rajshekhar Basu, writer, chemist and lexicographer (born 1880).