Events from the year 1563 in India.
Events Colóquios dos simples e drogas da India, a discussion on Indian drugs, by Garcia de Orta is first published.
Births 15 April – Guru Arjan Dev, Sikh guru, is born (dies 1606) Steven van der Hagen, first admiral of the Dutch East India Company is born in Amersfoort (dies 1621)
Deaths Gaspar Correia, a Portuguese historian and author of 'Lendas da Índia ( "Legends of India"), dies (born c. 1486)
See also Timeline of Indian history