1968 in India

Events in the year 1968 in the Federal Republic of India.

← 1967 1966 1965 1968 in India → 1969 1970 1971
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

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.

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  Arshad Warsi

  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.

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  Dhanraj Pillay

  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 (died 2024).
• 16 August – Arvind Kejriwal, 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