1968 in India

1968 in India
Events in the year 1968 in the Federal Republic of India.
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.
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.
29 Feb - Auroville established in Pondicherry with presence of 124 countries.
1 April - Tata Consultancy Services established as Tata Computer Systems.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
India
Years of the 20th century in India
1960s in India
1968 in Asia