1962 in India

Centuries:	18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; ;
Decades:	1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;
See also:	List of years in India; Timeline of Indian history

The following lists events that happened during 1962 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

National income - ₹200,769 million
10 February - Indian National Committee for Space Research set up with Vikram Sarabhai from Physical Research Laboratory leading it.
3 April – Jawaharlal Nehru is elected de facto Prime Minister of India.
6 May – India defeats the Philippines in the Eastern Zone final of 1962 Davis Cup at New Delhi
28 July – A locust swarm threatens New Delhi.
21 September – A border conflict between China and India erupts into fighting.
10 October – Beginning of the Sino-Indian War, a border dispute involving two of the world's largest nations (between India and the People's Republic of China).
20 October – Chinese troops invade Kashmir and illegally captured Aksai Chin thereby starting the Sino-Indian War.
26 October - Emergency enforced in India for the first time following the Sino-Indian War.^[1]
21 November – China withdraws troops from Arunachal Pradesh and orders ceasefire along the McMahon Line.
19 December – The last foreign-occupied territory of India, Daman and Diu, is integrated into India.
Internment of Chinese-Indians at Deoli, Rajasthan^[2]

1 January – Ravi Raghavendra, actor.
17 January – Karan Kapoor, actor, model and photographer.
12 February – Jagapathi Babu, actor.
12 February – Kanal Kannan, actor, action choreographer and screenwriter.
17 March – Kalpana Chawla, Indian-American Astronaut and First Indian women to go to space. (died 2003).
31 March – Ramki, actor.
3 April – Jaya Prada, actress and politician.
7 April – Ram Gopal Varma, film director, writer and producer.
13 May – Acharya Shri Mahashraman, 11th Acharya of Jain Terapanth Sect
27 May – Ravi Shastri, cricketer.
5 June – C. Sylendra Babu, Indian Police Service Officer.
14 June – Jayaprakash, actor and producer
9 June – N. K. Senthamarai Kannan, Indian Police Service Officer.
3 July – U. Sagayam, former career Indian civil servant
6 July – Thota Narasimham, Indian politician and member of parliament from Kakinada.
12 July – Shiva Rajkumar, actor and producer.
4 August – Thalaivasal Vijay, actor and dubbing artist
10 August – Atiq Ahmed, gangster and politician. (d. 2023)
15 August – Arjun Sarja, actor, producer and director.
25 August – Rajiv Kapoor, actor, producer and director. (d. 2021)
4 September – Kiran More, cricketer.
16 November – Ambika, actress.