1964 in India

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Events in the year 1964 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
• Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru until 27 May, Gulzarilal Nanda until 9 June (acting Prime Minister), Lal Bahadur Shastri

Events

• 27 May – Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru dies after a five-month illness; he is succeeded by Lal Bahadur Shastri.
• The Vishva Hindu Parishad is founded.
• Hazratbal disappearance episode
• The Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution of India

Arts and literature

• 2 September – Indian Hungry generation poets arrested on charges of conspiracy against the State and Obscenity in literature.
• National Film Archive of India established in Pune.

Sport

• Charanjeet Singh (hockey player) is awarded the Padma Shri.

Births

• 16 February - Shrirang Barne, Politician, Member of Parliament from Maval constituency
• 1 June – Rashid Patel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler, Lamba incident).
• 13 August – Harisree Ashokan, actor.
• 21 September - Sudha Chandran, dancer, actress.
• 10 December – Jayaram, actor.

Full date unknown

• Bem Le Hunte, author.

Deaths

• 27 May – Jawaharlal Nehru, politician and 1st Prime Minister of India (b. 1889).
• 2 October – Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, freedom fighter, social activist and Health Minister (b. 1889).
• 10 October – Guru Dutt, film director, producer, and actor (b. 1925).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1964