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{{Year in India|1965}}<br />
Events in the year '''1965 in the Republic of India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[President of India]] – [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]<br />
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]<br />
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[P. B. Gajendragadkar]]<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 Haryana|Haryana]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] –<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 />
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===January to June===<br />
*26 January 1950– [[Hindi]] becomes the official language of India.{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}}<br />
*26 January – Anti-Hindi agitations break out in India because of which [[Hindi]] does not get "National Language" status and remains one of the 23 [[List of national languages of India|Official Languages of India]].<br />
*24 February – English is adopted as an associate language in dealings between the [[Indian government|Central government]] and the non [[Hindi]] speaking [[States and union territories of India|states]].<br />
*20 March – First fighting in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] between [[West Pakistan]] and India only.<br />
*29 May – [[1965 Dhanbad coal mine disaster]] – A [[mining accident]] in [[Dhanbad]], India kills 274.<br />
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===July to December===<br />
*5 August – War begins between India and Pakistan.<br />
*2 September – Kashmir is declared an "Integral Part of India" and is not a "disputed territory", later responded by the Pakistani troops entering the Indian sector of [[Kashmir]].<br />
*6 September – Indian troops attempt to invade [[Lahore]].<br />
*6–22 September – A full-scale [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|Indo-Pakistani war]] is fought over [[Kashmir]], which ends after a [[UN]] Security Council calls for a ceasefire on 20 September.<br />
*8 September – India opens two additional fronts against Pakistan.<br />
*9 September – [[United Nations Secretary-General|U.N. Secretary General]] [[U Thant]] negotiates with Pakistan President [[Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Ayub Khan]].<br />
*16 September – China protests against Indian provocations in its border region.<br />
*18 September – [[Premier of the Soviet Union|Soviet Premier]] [[Alexei Kosygin]] invites the leaders of India and Pakistan to meet in the [[Soviet Union]] to negotiate.<br />
*22 September – [[China Radio International|Radio Peking]] announces that Indian troops have dismantled their equipment on the Chinese side of the border.<br />
*24 September – Fighting resumes between Indian and Pakistani troops.<br />
*1 December – The [[Border Security Force]] is formed as a special force to guard the borders.<br />
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===Full date unknown===<br />
*[[Femina Miss India]] held for the first time.<br />
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==Births==<br />
*[[File:Aamir Khan graces the first look launch of ‘Secret Superstar’.jpg|thumb|167x167px|[[Aamir Khan]]]]14 March – [[Aamir Khan]], actor and film producer.<br />
*23 April – [[Jamling Tenzing Norgay]], mountain climber.<br />
*2 July – [[Krishna Bhagavaan]], actor.<br />
*2 September – [[Partho Sen-Gupta]], independent film director and script writer.<br />
*27 September – [[Sudha Chandran]], dancer, actress.<br />
*1 November – [[Padmini Kolhapure]], actress.<br />
*[[File:Shahrukh Khan CE.jpg|thumb|162x162px|[[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]]]]2 November – [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]], actor, film producer and television host.<br />
*30 November – [[Tashi Tenzing]], mountain climber.<br />
*25 December – [[Baba Ramdevji|Baba Ramdev]], Yogguru.<br />
*27 December – [[Salman Khan]], actor, film producer and television host.<br />
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*[[S. Joseph]], poet.<br />
*[[Amita Kanekar]], novelist.<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*21 January – [[Geeta Bali]], actress (b. 1930).<br />
*3 March – [[Amirbai Karnataki]], actress and singer (b. c1906).<br />
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*[[Motilal (actor)|Motilal]], actor (b. 1910).<br />
*[[A.B. Purani]], disciple and biographer of [[Sri Aurobindo]] (b. 1894).<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bollywood films of 1965]]<br />
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