1968 in India

Events in the year 1968 in the Federal Republic of India.

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Decades:
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  • 1980s
See also:List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history

Incumbents
  • President of India – Zakir Husain
  • Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
  • Vice President of India – V. V. Giri
  • 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
  • National income - ₹398,141 million
  • 10 Jan - President of India withdraws emergency declared in 1962 as part of Sino-Indian War.[1]
  • 20 Feb – The Beatles, Mia Farrow, and several other celebrities visit the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh, India to study transcendental meditation.
  • 25 Feb - Rajeev Gandhi son of Indira Gandhi married an Italian named Sonia Maino.[2]
  • 29 Feb - Auroville established in Pondicherry with presence of 124 countries.[3]
  • 1 April - Tata Consultancy Services established as Tata Computer Systems.[4]
  • 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.[5]
  • 25 Dec - Kilvenmani massacre, 44 Dalits (untouchables) burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu.
  • Three-language formula introduced through National Policy on Education

Law
  • 18 Jan - Official Language resolution passed by both houses of Parliament.
  • 16 May - Public Provident Fund introduced through an act by the Parliament of India.
  • 20 Aug - Enemy Property Act, 1968

Births
  • 10 January Atul Khatri , comedian
  • 21 January
    • Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Carnatic vocalist.
    • Sundar C., actor and film director.
  • 26 January – Ravi Teja, actor.
  • 1 March – Kunjarani Devi, weightlifter.
  • 23 March – Srikanth (Telugu actor), actor.
  • Arshad Warsi
    19 April – Arshad Warsi, actor.
  • 24 May – Raju Narayana Swamy, IAS officer.
  • 14 June – Raj Thackeray, founder and president of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.
  • 2 July – Gautami, actress and politician.
  • 6 July – Singampuli, actor and director.
  • Dhanraj Pillay
    16 July – Dhanraj Pillay, field hockey player.
  • 20 July – S. J. Suryah, actor and director.
  • 15 August
    • Anil Kumar Awana, politician.
    • Kailash Chandra Gahtori, politician (died 2024).
  • 16 August – Arvind Kejriwal, politician
  • 23 August – KK, playback singer (died 2022).
  • 18 September – Upendra, actor, director and politician.
  • 27 September – Rahul Dev, actor and model.
  • 29 September – Samir Soni, actor.
  • 9 November – Neelam, former actress, jewellery designer.
  • 25 December - Sampath Raj, actor.

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
  1. "Emergency revoked". The Hindu. 10 January 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  2. Quint, The (26 February 2018). "50 Yrs of Sonia, Rajiv Wedding: The Video That Captures the Magic". TheQuint. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  3. "The Inauguration of Auroville with the participation of 124 nations on February 29th, 1968 | Auroville". auroville.org. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. "TCS 50: All About History and Evolution of the Company". www.tcs.com. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. "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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