1962 in India

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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]

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.

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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)

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K. C. Dey, actor (b. 1893).

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