1967 in India

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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1967 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents[edit]

President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan until 13 May, Zakir Hussain
Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
Chief Justice of India – Koka Subba Rao (until 11 April), Kailas Nath Wanchoo (starting 11 April)

Governors[edit]

Events[edit]

13 May – Zakir Hussain is the first Muslim to become president of India.
27 May – Naxalite Guerrilla War: Beginning with a peasant uprising in the town of Naxalbari, this Marxist/Maoist rebellion sputters on in the Indian countryside. The guerrillas operate among the impoverished peasants, fighting both the government security forces and private paramilitary groups funded by wealthy landowners. Most fighting takes place in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh.
11 September – Indian and Chinese troops begin to exchange fire at Nathu La in Sikkim. This event is known as the Nathu La and Cho La clashes.
15 September – After a ceasefire, the clashes in Nathu La end.
1 October – Indian and Chinese troops clash in Cho la and the duel ended after a day.
11 December – The 6.6 M_w Koynanagar earthquake shook western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 177–180 and injuring 2,272.

Sport[edit]

Prithipal Singh and Shankar Lakshman (hockey players) are awarded the Padma Shri.

Births[edit]

January to June[edit]

15 January – Bhanupriya, actress.
12 February – N. Ravikiran, composer of Carnatic music.
22 February – Prashant Kausadikar, an economist
24 March – Prithvi, actor.
15 May – Madhuri Dixit, actress.
1 June – Anil Bhardwaj, scientist.
12 June – Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao , politician and member of parliament from Anakapalli.

July to December[edit]

7 July – Pratyaya Amrit, IAS
14 July – Prakash Kona, novelist, essayist and poet.
27 July – Rahul Bose, actor, screenwriter, film director and social activist.
4 August – Arbaaz Khan, actor.
9 September – Akshay Kumar, actor.
30 September – Deepti Bhatnagar, actress and television presenter.
13 November – Juhi Chawla, actress, film producer and television presenter.
17 December – Neeraj Mittal, IAS

Full date unknown[edit]

Sanjana Kapoor, actress and theatre director.

Deaths[edit]

22 January – Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje, revolutionary, scholar, agricultural scientist and historian (b. 1884).
28 November – Senapati Bapat, Activist in the Indian Independence Movement and the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement (b. 1880)
Krishna Hutheesing, political activist and writer (b. 1907).

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