• Source: 1967 in India

Events in the year 1967 in the Republic of India.




Incumbents


President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan until 13 May, Zakir Husain
Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
Vice President of India – Zakir Husain until 13 May; V. V. Giri
Chief Justice of India – Koka Subba Rao (until 11 April), Kailas Nath Wanchoo (starting 11 April)




= Governors

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Andhra Pradesh – Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
Assam – Vishnu Sahay
Bihar – M. A. S. Ayyangar (until 7 December), Nityanand Kanungo (starting 7 December)
Gujarat –
until 7 December: Nityanand Kanungo
7 December-26 December: P.N. Bhagwati
starting 26 December: Shriman Narayan
Haryana – Dharma Vira (until 14 September), Birendra Narayan Chakraborty (starting 14 September)
Jammu and Kashmir – Mahraja Karan Singh (until 15 May), Bhagwan Sahay (starting 15 May)
Karnataka – V. V. Giri (until 13 May), Gopal Swarup Pathak (starting 13 May)
Kerala – Bhagwan Sahay (until 15 May), V. Viswanathan (starting 15 May)
Madhya Pradesh – K. Chengalaraya Reddy
Maharashtra – P V Cherian
Nagaland – Vishnu Sahay
Odisha – Ajudhia Nath Khosla
Punjab –
until 1 June: Dharma Vira
1 June-16 October: Mehar Singh
starting 16 October: Dadappa Chintappa Pavate
Rajasthan – Sampurnanand (until 16 April), Sardar Hukam Singh (starting 16 April)
Uttar Pradesh – Bishwanath Das (until 30 April), Dr. Bezwada Gopala Reddy (starting 1 May)
West Bengal – Padmaja Naidu (until 1 June), Dharma Vira (starting 1 June)




Events


National income - ₹376,012 million
17–21 February - 1967 Indian general election, Indian National Congress came back into power despite facing set back in various states.
10 March - India and Myanmar enters into a border agreement which demarcates India–Myanmar border.
13 May – Zakir Husain becomes the first Muslim to become president of India.
12 May – Congress Working Committee adopted a resolution for social control of banks, nationalization of general insurance, removal of princes privileges.
27 May – Guerrilla War: Beginning with a peasant uprising in the town of Naxalbari, this Maoist rebellion sputters on in the Indian countryside. The guerrillas operate among the impoverished peasants, fighting both the government security forces and private paramilitary groups funded by wealthy landowners. Most fighting takes place in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh.
11 September – Indian and Chinese troops begin to exchange fire at Nathu La in Sikkim. This event is known as the Nathu La and Cho La clashes
15 September – After a ceasefire, the clashes in Nathu La end.
1 October – Indian and Chinese troops clash in Cho La and the duel ended after a day.
1 November - Kerala State Lotteries becomes the first state to start Lottery under public sector.
11 December – The 6.6 Mw Koynanagar earthquake shook western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 177–180 and injuring 2,272.




Law


Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
The Passports Act, 1967.




Sport


Prithipal Singh and Shankar Lakshman (hockey players) are awarded the Padma Shri.




Births






= January to June

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6 January – A. R. Rahman, music composer and singer.
15 January – Bhanupriya, actress.
12 February – N. Ravikiran, composer of Carnatic music.
3 March – Shankar Mahadevan, singer.
16 March – Vilas Rupawate, politician.
15 May – Madhuri Dixit, actress.
23 May – Rahman, actor.
1 June – Anil Bhardwaj, scientist.
12 June – Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao, politician and member of parliament from Anakapalli.




= July to December

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7 July – Pratyaya Amrit, IAS.
12 July – G. Marimuthu, film director and actor.
14 July – Prakash Kona, novelist, essayist and poet.
27 July – Rahul Bose, actor, screenwriter, film director and social activist.
4 August – Arbaaz Khan, actor.
15 August – Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, social group leader.
9 September – Akshay Kumar, actor.
12 September – Amala Akkineni, actress.
30 September – Deepti Bhatnagar, actress and television presenter.
13 November – Juhi Chawla, actress, film producer and television presenter.
14 November – N. Lingusamy, film director, screenwriter, and film producer.
27 November – Sanjana Kapoor, actress and theatre director.
17 December – Neeraj Mittal, IAS.




= Full date unknown

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G. N. Saibaba, writer and human rights activist. (d. 2024)




Deaths


22 January – Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje, revolutionary, scholar, agricultural scientist and historian (b. 1884).
9 November - Krishna Nehru Hutheesing, political activist and writer (b. 1907).
28 November – Senapati Bapat, Activist in the Indian Independence Movement and the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement (b. 1880)




See also


Bollywood films of 1967




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