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 Jammu and Kashmir – Karan Singh Mysore – 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 21 November - 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. 15 December - Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan established following recommendations of Second Pay Commission. 27 December - Theft of the Holy Relic from the Hazratbal Shrine
Dates unknown Indo Swizz project started at Kerala for developing new cattle breed. A group of scientist under leadership of G. N. Ramachandran develops Ramachandran plot.
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) Maganti Gopinath, politician (d. 2025) 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 28 February - Rajendra Prasad, First President of India (born 1884). 13 April – Babu Gulabrai, writer and historian (b. 1888). 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
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