1967 in India
Events in the year 1967 in the Republic of India.
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Incumbents
- President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan until 13 May, Zakir Hussain
- Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
- Vice President of India – Zakir Hussain until 13 May; V. V. Giri
- Chief Justice of India – Koka Subba Rao (until 11 April), Kailas Nath Wanchoo (starting 11 April)
Governors
- Andhra Pradesh – Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
- Assam – Vishnu Sahay
- Bihar – M. A. S. Ayyangar (until 7 December), Nityanand Kanungo (starting 7 December)
- Gujarat –
- until 7 December: Nityanand Kanungo
- 7 December-26 December: P.N. Bhagwati
- starting 26 December: Shriman Narayan
- Haryana – Dharma Vira (until 14 September), Birendra Narayan Chakraborty (starting 14 September)
- Jammu and Kashmir – Mahraja Karan Singh (until 15 May), Bhagwan Sahay (starting 15 May)
- Karnataka – V. V. Giri (until 13 May), Gopal Swarup Pathak (starting 13 May)
- Kerala – Bhagwan Sahay (until 15 May), V. Viswanathan (starting 15 May)
- Madhya Pradesh – K. Chengalaraya Reddy
- Maharashtra – P V Cherian
- Nagaland – Vishnu Sahay
- Odisha – Ajudhia Nath Khosla
- Punjab –
- until 1 June: Dharma Vira
- 1 June-16 October: Mehar Singh
- starting 16 October: Dadappa Chintappa Pavate
- Rajasthan – Sampurnanand (until 16 April), Sardar Hukam Singh (starting 16 April)
- Uttar Pradesh – Bishwanath Das (until 30 April), Dr. Bezwada Gopala Reddy (starting 1 May)
- West Bengal – Padmaja Naidu (until 1 June), Dharma Vira (starting 1 June)
Events
- National income - ₹376,012 million
- 13 May – Zakir Hussain is the first Muslim to become president of India.
- 12 May – Congress Working Committee adopted a resolution for social control of banks, nationalization of general insurance, removal of princes privileges.[1]
- 27 May – 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 Mw Koynanagar earthquake shook western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 177–180 and injuring 2,272.
Law
Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967
Sport
- Prithipal Singh and Shankar Lakshman (hockey players) are awarded the Padma Shri.
Births
January to June
- 6 January – A. R. Rahman, music composer and singer.
- 15 January – Bhanupriya, actress.
- 12 February – N. Ravikiran, composer of Carnatic music.
- 3 March - Shankar Mahadevan,
Singer.
- 15 May – Madhuri Dixit, actress.
- 23 May – Rahman, actor.
- 1 June – Anil Bhardwaj, scientist.
- 12 June – Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao , politician and member of parliament from Anakapalli.
July to December
- 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.
- 12 September – Amala Akkineni, actress.
- 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
- Sanjana Kapoor, actress and theatre director.
Deaths
- 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).
See also
References
- Austin, Granville (1999). Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience. Oxford University Press. p. 175. ISBN 0195648889.
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