1963 in India

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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
• Chief Justice of India – Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha

Events

• Supreme Court of India mandates that reservation should not exceed 50% for any institution.
• Theft of the Holy Relic from the Hazratbal Shrine

Births

• 29 April – Deepika Chikhalia, actress.
• 25 May – Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava, scientist.
• 10 August – Phoolan Devi, bandit turned politician, assassinated (d.2001).
• 13 August – Sridevi, Actress.
• 17 August – S. Shankar, director.
• 20 October – Navjot Singh Sidhu, Indian opening batsman.
• 4 December – Javed Jaffrey, actor.

Deaths

• 13 April – Babu Gulabrai, writer and historian (b. 1888).
• 24 November - Marotrao Kannamvar, Politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
• 2 December – Sabu Dastagir, actor (b. 1924).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1963