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1962 in India

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The following lists events that happened during 1962 in the Republic of India.

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Incumbents

  • President of India – until 13 May, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
  • Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru

    • Events

  • 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 capture Aksai Chin
  • 21 November - China withdraws troops from South Tibet and orders ceasefire along the McMahon Line.
  • 19 December - The last foreign-occupied territory of India, Daman and Diu, is integrated into India.
  • List of amendments of the Constitution of India#cite_note-16 The twelfth and Thirteenth Amendment of The Constitution of India

    • Births

  • 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.
  • 27 May - Ravi Shastri, cricketer.
  • 25 August - Rajiv Kapoor, actor, producer and director.
  • 4 September - Kiran More, cricketer.

    • Full date unknown

  • Sucheta Dalal, finance journalist.
  • Madhavi, actress.

    • Deaths

  • 11 June - Chhabi Biswas, actor (b. 1900).
  • 1 July - Bidhan Chandra Roy, second Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1882).
  • December-Annapurnanand, famous Hindi writer( B 21 Sep. 1895)

    • Full date unknown

  • K. C. Dey, actor (b. 1893).

    • References

    1962 in India Wikipedia
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