1963 in India explained

Events in the year 1963 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• 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

• • 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

• National income - 230,580 million
• November 21 - India's first ever rocket launch was carried out at Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station Thiruvananthapuram. The launch was successful and it sent NASA-made Nike-Apache rocket to space.
• December 15 - Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan established following recommendations of Second Pay Commission.^[1]
  • December 27 - Theft of the Holy Relic from the Hazratbal Shrine Indo Swizz project started at Kerala for developing new cattle breed.^[2]

Law

• Supreme Court of India mandates that reservation should not exceed 50% for any institution.

Births

• 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

• Keshava Malagi, writer.

Deaths

• 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, 2nd Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
• 2 December – Sabu Dastagir, actor (b. 1924).

Full date unknown

• Amar Nath Kak, lawyer and author (b. 1889).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1963

Notes and References

1. News: 2013-10-21 . Photo exhibition to mark 50 years of KVS . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-09-02 . 0971-751X.
2. Web site: Livestock project, Mattupetty, Idukki district, Kerala, India . 2022-06-01 . Kerala Tourism - Munnar . en.