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{{Year in India|1964}}<br />
Events in the year '''1964 in the Republic of India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[President of India]] – [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]<br />
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] until 27 May, [[Gulzarilal Nanda]] until 9 June (acting Prime Minister), [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]<br />
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha]] until 31 January, [[P. B. Gajendragadkar]]<br />
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===Governors===<br />
* [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] – [[Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh]] (until May 4), [[Pattom A. Thanu Pillai]] (starting May 4)<br />
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – [[Vishnu Sahay]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – [[M. A. S. Ayyangar]]<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 Nagaland|Nagaland]] –<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 />
*27 May – Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] dies after a five-month illness; he is succeeded by [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]].<br />
*The [[Vishva Hindu Parishad]] is founded.<br />
*[[Hazratbal disappearance episode]]<br />
*[[List of amendments of the Constitution of India#cite note-16|The Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution of India]]<br />
*IDBI Bank has established<br />
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==Arts and literature==<br />
*2 September – Indian [[Hungry generation]] poets arrested on charges of conspiracy against the State and Obscenity in literature.<br />
*[[National Film Archive of India]] established in [[Pune]].<br />
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==Sport==<br />
*[[Charanjeet Singh]] ([[field hockey|hockey]] player) is awarded the [[Padma Shri]].<br />
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==Births==<br />
*20 January – [[Fareed Zakaria]], journalist <br />
*16 February – [[Shrirang Barne]], Politician, Member of Parliament from [[Maval]] constituency<br />
*30 April – [[Abhishek Chatterjee]], Bengali film and television actor. <br />
*1 June – [[Rashid Patel]], cricketer (Indian pace bowler, Lamba incident). <br />
*13 August – [[Harisree Ashokan]], actor.<br />
*10 December – [[Jayaram]], actor.<br />
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===Full date unknown===<br />
*[[Bem Le Hunte]], author.<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*27 May – [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], politician and 1st [[Prime Minister of India]] (b. 1889).<br />
*6 February – [[Rajkumari Amrit Kaur]], freedom fighter, social activist and Health Minister (b. 1889).<br />
*10 October – [[Guru Dutt]], [[film director]], producer, and actor (b. 1925).<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bollywood films of 1964]]<br />
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