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1962 in India
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1962
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1963
1964
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Centuries:
18th • 19th •
20th
• 21st
Decades:
1940s • 1950s •
1960s
• 1970s • 1980s
See also:
Other events of 1962
List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history
Events in the year
1962
in the
Republic of India
.
Contents
1
Incumbents
2
Events
3
Births
3.1
Full date unknown
4
Deaths
4.1
Full date unknown
5
See also
Incumbents
President of India
–
Rajendra Prasad
until May 13,
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Prime Minister of India
–
Jawaharlal Nehru
Events
3 April -
Jawaharlal Nehru
is elected de facto Prime Minister of
India
.
6 May - India defeats the Philippines in the Eastern Zone final of
1962 Davis Cup
at New Delhi
28 July - A
locust
swarm
threatens New Delhi.
21 September - A border conflict between
China
and
India
erupts into fighting.
10 October - Beginning of the
Sino-Indian War
, a border dispute involving two of the world's largest nations (between
India
and the
People's Republic of China
).
20 October - Chinese troops invade
Kashmir
and capture
Aksai Chin
21 November -
China
withdraws troops from
South Tibet
and orders ceasefire along the
McMahon Line
.
19 December - The last foreign-occupied territory of India,
Daman and Diu
, is integrated into India.
Births
3 April -
Jaya Prada
, actress and politician.
7 April -
Ram Gopal Varma
,
film director
,
writer
and
producer
.
27 May -
Ravi Shastri
, cricketer.
25 August -
Rajiv Kapoor
, actor, producer and director.
4 September -
Kiran More
, cricketer.
Full date unknown
Sucheta Dalal
, finance journalist.
Madhavi
, actress.
Deaths
11 June -
Chhabi Biswas
, actor (b.
1900
).
1 July -
Bidhan Chandra Roy
, second
Chief Minister
of
West Bengal
(b.
1882
).
Full date unknown
K. C. Dey
, actor (b.
1893
).
See also
Bollywood films of 1962
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