1968 in India
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Events in the year 1968 in the Federal Republic of India.
Incumbents[]
- President of India – Zakir Hussain
- Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
- 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
- Maharashtra – P V Cherian
- Nagaland – Vishnu Sahay (until 17 April), B.K. Nehru (starting 17 April)
- Odisha – Ajudhia Nath Khosla (until 30 January), Shaukatullah Shah Ansari (starting 30 January)
- Punjab – Dadappa Chintappa Pavate
- Rajasthan – Sardar Hukam Singh
- Uttar Pradesh – Bezawada Gopala Reddy
- West Bengal – Dharma Vira
Events[]
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- 18 Jan - Official Language resolution passed by both houses of Parliament.
- 20 Feb – The Beatles, Mia Farrow, and several other celebrites visit the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh, India to study transcendental meditation.
- 29 Feb - Auroville established in Pondicherry with presence of 124 countries.[1]
- 1 April - Tata Consultancy Services established as Tata Computer Systems.[2]
- 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.[3]
- 16 May - Public Provident Fund introduced through an act by the Parliament of India.
- 20 Aug - Enemy Property Act, 1968 enacted.
- 25 Dec - Kilvenmani massacre, 44 Dalits (untouchables) burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu.
- Three-language formula introduced through National Policy on Education 1968.
Births[]
- 10 January Atul Khatri , comedian
- 21 January - Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Carnatic vocalist
- 1 March – Kunjarani Devi, weightlifter.
- 19 April – Arshad Warsi, actor.Arshad Warsi
- 24 May – Raju Narayana Swamy, IAS officer.Raju Narayana Swamy
- 14 June – Raj Thackeray, founder and president of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.
- 16 July – Dhanraj Pillay, field hockey player.Dhanraj Pillay
- 15 August – Anil Kumar Awana, politician.
- 29 September – Samir Soni, actor.
- 9 November – Neelam, former actress, jewellery designer.
Full date unknown[]
- Abu Salem, mobster.
Deaths[]
- A. R. Krishnashastry, writer, 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[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "From the Archives (April 13, 1968): India will not sign NPT, says P.M." The Hindu. 13 April 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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