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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
  • Vice President of India – Zakir Husain
  • Chief Justice of India – Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha

Governors

  • Andhra Pradesh – Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh
  • Assam – Saiyid Fazal Ali
  • Bihar – Vishnu Sahay
  • Gujarat – Mehdi Nawaz Jung
  • Jammu and Kashmir – Karan Singh
  • Mysore – Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (until 4 May), S. M. Shrinagesh (starting 4 May)
  • Kerala – V. V. Giri
  • Madhya Pradesh – Hari Vinayak Pataskar
  • Maharashtra – Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
  • Nagaland – Vishnu Sahay (starting 1 December)
  • Odisha – Ajudhia Nath Khosla
  • Punjab – Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
  • Rajasthan – Sampurnanand
  • Uttar Pradesh – Bishwanath Das
  • West Bengal – Padmaja Naidu

Events

  • National income - 230,580 million
  • 21 November - India's first ever rocket launch was carried out at Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station Thiruvananthapuram. The launch was successful and it sent NASA-made Nike-Apache rocket to space.
  • 15 December - Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan established following recommendations of Second Pay Commission.
  • 27 December - Theft of the Holy Relic from the Hazratbal Shrine

Dates unknown

  • Indo Swizz project started at Kerala for developing new cattle breed.
  • A group of scientist under leadership of G. N. Ramachandran develops Ramachandran plot.

Law

  • Supreme Court of India mandates that reservation should not exceed 50% for any institution.

Births

  • 23 March - George Maryan, actor and comedian.
  • 29 April – Deepika Chikhalia, actress.
  • 10 May – A. Raja, politician.
  • 25 May – Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava, scientist.
  • 2 June
  • Anand Abhyankar, Marathi actor. (d.2012)
  • Maganti Gopinath, politician (d. 2025)
  • 16 June – Irai Anbu, Indian Administrative Service.
  • 27 July K. S. Chithra, playback singer.
  • 30 July – Abhijith, actor.
  • 10 August – Phoolan Devi, bandit turned politician, assassinated. (d.2001)
  • 13 August – Sridevi, Actress. (d.2018)
  • 17 August – S. Shankar, film director.
  • 21 August – Radhika Sarathkumar, actress and producer.
  • 27 August – Sumalatha, actress.
  • 19 September – Bonda Mani, actor. (d. 2023)
  • 20 October – Navjot Singh Sidhu, Indian opening batsman.
  • 4 December – Jaaved Jaaferi, actor.
  • 25 December – Raju Srivastav, comedian, actor and politician. (d.2022)

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).

See also

  • Bollywood films of 1963

References