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Events in the year1963 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
[edit]- President of India–Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Prime Minister of India–Jawaharlal Nehru
- Vice President of India–Zakir Husain
- Chief Justice of India–Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
Governors
[edit]- Andhra Pradesh–Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh
- Assam–Saiyid Fazal Ali
- Bihar–Vishnu Sahay
- Gujarat–Mehdi Nawaz Jung
- Karnataka–Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar(until 4 May),S. M. Shrinagesh(starting 4 May)
- Kerala–V. V. Giri
- Madhya Pradesh–Hari Vinayak Pataskar
- Maharashtra–Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
- Nagaland–Vishnu Sahay(starting 1 December)
- Odisha–Ajudhia Nath Khosla
- Punjab–Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
- Rajasthan–Sampurnanand
- Uttar Pradesh–Bishwanath Das
- West Bengal–Padmaja Naidu
Events
[edit]- National income -₹230,580 million
- 21 November - India's first ever rocket launch was carried out atThumba Equatorial Rocket Launching StationThiruvananthapuram. The launch was successful and it sent NASA-made Nike-Apache rocket to space.
- 15 December -Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathanestablished following recommendations ofSecond Pay Commission.[1]
- 27 December -Theft of the Holy Relic from the Hazratbal Shrine
- Indo Swizz project started atKeralafor developing new cattle breed.[2]
Law
[edit]- Supreme Court of Indiamandates that reservation should not exceed 50% for any institution.[citation needed]
Births
[edit]- 23 March -George Maryan,actor and comedian
- 29 April –Deepika Chikhalia,actress.
- 10 May –A. Raja,politician
- 25 May –Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava,scientist.
- 2 June –Anand Abhyankar,Marathi Actor. (d.2012)
- 16 June –Irai Anbu,Indian Administrative Service.
- 27 July –K. S. Chithra,playback singer.
- 30 July –Abhijith,actor.
- 10 August –Phoolan Devi,bandit turned politician, assassinated (d.2001).
- 13 August –Sridevi,Actress. (d.2018)
- 17 August –S. Shankar,film director.
- 21 August –Radhika Sarathkumar,actress and producer.
- 27 August –Sumalatha,actress.
- 19 September –Bonda Mani,actor (d. 2023)
- 20 October –Navjot Singh Sidhu,Indian opening batsman.
- 4 December –Jaaved Jaaferi,actor.
- 25 December –Raju Srivastav,comedian, actor and politician. (d.2022)
Full date unknown
[edit]- Keshava Malagi,writer.
Deaths
[edit]- 13 April –Babu Gulabrai,writer and historian (b. 1888).
- 30 30 October -U. Muthuramalingam Thevar,Indian Freedom Fighter, Orator, Politician (b. 1908).
- 24 November –Marotrao Kannamvar,Politician, 2ndChief Minister of Maharashtra.
- 2 December –Sabu Dastagir,actor (b. 1924).
Full date unknown
[edit]- Amar Nath Kak,lawyer and author (b. 1889).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Photo exhibition to mark 50 years of KVS".The Hindu.21 October 2013.ISSN0971-751X.Retrieved2 September2023.
- ^"Livestock project, Mattupetty, Idukki district, Kerala, India".Kerala Tourism - Munnar.Retrieved1 June2022.