1968 in India
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Events in the year 1968 in the Federal Republic of India.
Incumbents
- President of India – Zakir Husain
- Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
- Vice President of India – V. V. Giri
- Chief Justice of India – Kailas Nath Wanchoo (until 24 February), Mohammad Hidayatullah (starting 24 February)
Governors
- Andhra Pradesh – Pattom A. Thanu Pillai (until 11 April), Khandubhai Kasanji Desai (starting 11 April)
- Assam – Vishnu Sahay (until 17 April), Braj Kumar Nehru (starting 17 April)
- Bihar – Nityanand Kanungo
- Gujarat – Shriman Narayan
- Haryana – Birendra Narayan Chakraborty
- Jammu and Kashmir – Bhagwan Sahay
- Karnataka – Gopal Swarup Pathak
- Kerala – Bhagwan Sahay (until 15 May), V. Viswanathan (starting 15 May)
- Madhya Pradesh – K. Chengalaraya Reddy
- P V Cherian
- B.K. Nehru(starting 17 April)
- Ajudhia Nath Khosla (until 30 January), Shaukatullah Shah Ansari(starting 30 January)
- Punjab – Dadappa Chintappa Pavate
- Sardar Hukam Singh
- Uttar Pradesh – Bezawada Gopala Reddy
- West Bengal – Dharma Vira
Events
- National income - ₹398,141 million
- 10 Jan - President of India withdraws emergency declared in 1962 as part of Sino-Indian War.[1]
- 20 Feb – The Beatles, Mia Farrow, and several other celebrities visit the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh, India to study transcendental meditation.
- 25 Feb - Rajeev Gandhi son of Indira Gandhi married an Italian named Sonia Maino.[2]
- 29 Feb - Auroville established in Pondicherry with presence of 124 countries.[3]
- 1 April - Tata Consultancy Services established as Tata Computer Systems.[4]
- 12 April -
- National Textile Corporation incorporated.
- Indira Gandhi announced in Rae Bareilly that India will not sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.[5]
- 25 Dec - Kilvenmani massacre, 44 Dalits (untouchables) burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu.
- Three-language formula introduced through National Policy on Education
Law
- 18 Jan - Official Language resolution passed by both houses of Parliament.
- 16 May - Public Provident Fund introduced through an act by the Parliament of India.
- 20 Aug - Enemy Property Act, 1968
Births
- 10 January Atul Khatri , comedian
- 21 January
- Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Carnatic vocalist.
- Sundar C., actor and film director.
- 26 January – Ravi Teja, actor.
- 1 March – Kunjarani Devi, weightlifter.
- 23 March – Srikanth (Telugu actor), actor.
Arshad Warsi - 24 May – Raju Narayana Swamy, IAS officer.
- 14 June – Raj Thackeray, founder and president of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.
- 2 July – Gautami, actress and politician.
- 6 July – Singampuli, actor and director.
Dhanraj Pillay - 20 July – S. J. Suryah, actor and director.
- 15 August
- Anil Kumar Awana, politician.
- Kailash Chandra Gahtori, politician.
- 16 August – Arvind Kejriwal, politician
- 23 August – KK, playback singer (died 2022).
- 18 September – Upendra, actor, director and politician.
- 27 September – Rahul Dev, actor and model.
- 29 September – Samir Soni, actor.
- 9 November – Neelam, former actress, jewellery designer.
- 25 December - Sampath Raj, actor.
Full date unknown
- Abu Salem, mobster.
Deaths
- researcher and translator(born 1890).
- 19 November – Shri Rang Avadhoot, Saint who is regarded as an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya, (born 1898 in India)
See also
- Bollywood films of 1968
References
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ Quint, The (26 February 2018). "50 Yrs of Sonia, Rajiv Wedding: The Video That Captures the Magic". TheQuint. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "The Inauguration of Auroville with the participation of 124 nations on February 29th, 1968 | Auroville". auroville.org. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "TCS 50: All About History and Evolution of the Company". www.tcs.com. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 12 January 2022.