Events in the year 1964 in the Republic of India.
1964 cyclone
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 Vice President of India – Zakir Husain Chief Justice of India – Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha until 31 January, P. B. Gajendragadkar
Governors Andhra Pradesh – Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh (until May 4), Pattom A. Thanu Pillai (starting May 4) Assam – Vishnu Sahay Bihar – M. A. S. Ayyangar Gujarat – Mehdi Nawaz Jung Karnataka – S. M. Shrinagesh Jammu and Kashmir – Karan Singh Kerala – V. V. Giri Madhya Pradesh – Hari Vinayak Pataskar Maharashtra – Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (until 18 October), P V Cherian (starting 14 November) Nagaland – Vishnu Sahay Odisha – Ajudhia Nath Khosla Punjab – Pattom A. Thanu Pillai (until 4 May), Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim (starting 4 May) Rajasthan – Sampurnanand Uttar Pradesh – Bishwanath Das West Bengal – Padmaja Naidu
Events National income - 268,953 million January 4 - The lost relic recovered in connection with 1963 Hazratbal Shrine theft. April 8 - Jammu and Kashmir (state) withdrew the Kashmir Conspiracy Case from a special court. April 11 - Thirty two Council members walks out of Communist Party of India National Council resulting in the 1964 split in the Communist Party of India. May 27 – Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru dies after a five-month illness; he is succeeded by Lal Bahadur Shastri. July 1 - IDBI Bank was established through an Act of Parliament. August 29 - The far right Hindu outfit, Vishva Hindu Parishad was founded. October 30 - Sirima–Shastri Pact signed to grant citizenship to almost 9 lakhs Tamils based in Ceylon.
Law 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 9 January – Arjun, actor. 20 January – Fareed Zakaria, journalist 16 February – Shrirang Barne, politician, Member of Parliament from Maval constituency 30 April – Abhishek Chatterjee, Bengali film and television actor. 19 May – Murali, actor. (died 2010). 1 June – Rashid Patel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler, Lamba incident). 22 October – Amit Shah, politician. 13 August – Harisree Ashokan, actor. 26 August – Ilavarasu, cinematographer and actor. 10 September – Ramesh Aravind, actor and director. 23 September – Ponvannan, actor and director. 29 October – Gyan Prakash Upadhyaya, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. 14 November – Manoj Singh Mandavi, politician (died 2022).
Full date unknown Bem Le Hunte, author.
Deaths 27 May – Jawaharlal Nehru, politician and 1st Prime Minister of India (b. 1889). 6 February – Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, freedom fighter, social activist and Health Minister (b. 1887). 10 October – Guru Dutt, film director, producer, and actor (b. 1925).
See also Bollywood films of 1964
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