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The following lists events that happened during '''1962 in the Republic of India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[President of India]] – until 13 May, [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]<br />
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br />
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha]]<br />
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===Governors===<br />
* [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Gujarat|Gujarat]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] –<br />
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==Events==<br />
*3 April – [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] is elected de facto Prime Minister of India.<br />
*6 May – India defeats the Philippines in the Eastern Zone final of [[1962 Davis Cup]] at New Delhi<br />
*28 July – A [[locust]] [[swarm]] threatens New Delhi.<br />
*21 September – A border conflict between [[China]] and India erupts into fighting.<br />
*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).<br />
*20 October – Chinese troops invade [[Kashmir]] and illegally captured [[Aksai Chin]]<br />
*21 November – China withdraws troops from [[Arunachal Pradesh]] and orders ceasefire along the [[McMahon Line]].<br />
*19 December – The last foreign-occupied territory of India, [[Daman and Diu]], is integrated into India.<br />
*[[List of amendments of the Constitution of India|The twelfth and Thirteenth Amendment of The Constitution of India]]<br />
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==Births==<br />
*17 January – [[Karan Kapoor]], actor, model and photographer.<br />
*3 April – [[Jaya Prada]], actress and politician.<br />
*7 April – [[Ram Gopal Varma]], [[film director]], [[writer]] and [[film producer|producer]].<br />
*13 May - [[Acharya Shri Mahashraman]], [[11th Acharya of Jain Terapanth Sect]]<br />
*27 May – [[Ravi Shastri]], cricketer.<br />
*5 June – [[C. Sylendra Babu]], Indian Police Service Officer.<br />
*9 June – [[N. K. Senthamarai Kannan]], Indian Police Service Officer.<br />
*3 July - [[U. Sagayam]], former career Indian civil servant <br />
*6 July - [[Thota Narasimham]], Indian politician and member of parliament from [[Kakinada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kakinada]]<br />
*25 August – [[Rajiv Kapoor]], actor, producer and director.<br />
*4 September – [[Kiran More]], cricketer.<br />
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*[[Sucheta Dalal]], finance journalist.<br />
*[[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]], actress.<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*11 June – [[Chhabi Biswas]], actor (b. 1900).<br />
*1 July – [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]], second [[Chief Minister]] of [[West Bengal]] (b. 1882).<br />
* 4 December – [[Annapurnanand]], Hindi writer (B 21 Sep. 1895)<br />
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*[[K. C. Dey]], actor (b. 1893).<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bollywood films of 1962]]<br />
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