1964 in India

Events in the year 1964 in the Republic of India.

1964 cyclone

Incumbents

President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru until 27 May, Gulzarilal Nanda until 9 June (acting Prime Minister), Lal Bahadur Shastri
Vice President of India – Zakir Husain
Chief Justice of India – Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha until 31 January, P. B. Gajendragadkar

Andhra Pradesh – Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh (until May 4), Pattom A. Thanu Pillai (starting May 4)
Assam – Vishnu Sahay
Bihar – M. A. S. Ayyangar
Gujarat – Mehdi Nawaz Jung
Karnataka – S. M. Shrinagesh
Jammu and Kashmir – Karan Singh
Kerala – V. V. Giri
Madhya Pradesh – Hari Vinayak Pataskar
Maharashtra – Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (until 18 October), P V Cherian (starting 14 November)
Nagaland – Vishnu Sahay
Odisha – Ajudhia Nath Khosla
Punjab – Pattom A. Thanu Pillai (until 4 May), Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim (starting 4 May)
Rajasthan – Sampurnanand
Uttar Pradesh – Bishwanath Das
West Bengal – Padmaja Naidu

National income - 268,953 million
January 4 - The lost relic recovered in connection with 1963 Hazratbal Shrine theft.
April 8 - Jammu and Kashmir (state) withdrew the Kashmir Conspiracy Case from a special court.
April 11 - Thirty two Council members walks out of Communist Party of India National Council resulting in the 1964 split in the Communist Party of India.
May 27 – Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru dies after a five-month illness; he is succeeded by Lal Bahadur Shastri.
July 1 - IDBI Bank was established through an Act of Parliament.
August 29 - The far right Hindu outfit, Vishva Hindu Parishad was founded.
October 30 - Sirima–Shastri Pact signed to grant citizenship to almost 9 lakhs Tamils based in Ceylon.

2 September – Indian Hungry generation poets arrested on charges of conspiracy against the State and Obscenity in literature.
National Film Archive of India established in Pune.

9 January – Arjun, actor.
20 January – Fareed Zakaria, journalist
16 February – Shrirang Barne, politician, Member of Parliament from Maval constituency
30 April – Abhishek Chatterjee, Bengali film and television actor.
19 May – Murali, actor. (died 2010).
1 June – Rashid Patel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler, Lamba incident).
22 October – Amit Shah, politician.
13 August – Harisree Ashokan, actor.
26 August – Ilavarasu, cinematographer and actor.
10 September – Ramesh Aravind, actor and director.
23 September – Ponvannan, actor and director.
29 October – Gyan Prakash Upadhyaya, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer.
14 November – Manoj Singh Mandavi, politician (died 2022).

27 May – Jawaharlal Nehru, politician and 1st Prime Minister of India (b. 1889).
6 February – Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, freedom fighter, social activist and Health Minister (b. 1887).
10 October – Guru Dutt, film director, producer, and actor (b. 1925).