1968 in India
Events in the year 1968 in the Federal Republic of India.
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Incumbents
- President of India – Zakir Hussain
- Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
- 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
- February – The Beatles, Mia Farrow, and several other celebrities visit the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh, India to study transcendental meditation.
- Kilvenmani massacre, 44 Dalits (untouchables) burnt to death on 25 December, in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu.
Auroville(city of dawn) established in Puducherry.
National Textile Corporation established
Tata Consultancy Services established.
The three language formula for states.
India will not sign the NPT said PM Indira Gandhi in Rae Bareilly.
Births
- 10 January Atul Khatri , comedian
- 21 January - Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Carnatic vocalist
- 1 March – Kunjarani Devi, weightlifter.
- 19 April – Arshad Warsi, actor.
- 24 May – Raju Narayana Swamy, IAS officer.
- 14 June – Raj Thackeray, founder and president of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.
- 16 July – Dhanraj Pillay, field hockey player.
- 15 August – Anil Kumar Awana, politician.
- 29 September – Samir Soni, actor.
- 9 November – Neelam, former actress, jewellery designer.
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
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