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{{Year in India|1967}}<br />
Events in the year '''1967 in the Republic of India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[President of India]] – [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] until 13 May, [[Zakir Hussain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]]<br />
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Indira Gandhi]]<br />
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[Koka Subba Rao]] (until 11 April), [[Kailas Nath Wanchoo]] (starting 11 April)<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 />
*13 May – [[Zakir Hussain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]] is the first [[Muslim]] to become president of India.<br />
*27 May – [[Naxalite]] [[guerrilla warfare|Guerrilla War]]: Beginning with a peasant uprising in the town of Naxalbari, this Marxist/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, India|Orissa]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]].<br />
*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]].<br />
*15 September – After a ceasefire, the clashes in Nathu La end.<br />
*1 October – Indian and Chinese troops clash in Cho la and the duel ended after a day. <br />
*11 December – The 6.6 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1967 Koynanagar earthquake|Koynanagar earthquake]] shook western India with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''), killing 177–180 and injuring 2,272.<br />
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==Sport==<br />
*[[Prithipal Singh]] and [[Shankar Lakshman]] ([[field hockey|hockey]] players) are awarded the [[Padma Shri]].<br />
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==Births==<br />
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===January to June===<br />
*15 January – [[Bhanupriya]], actress.<br />
*12 February – [[N. Ravikiran]], composer of [[Carnatic music]].<br />
*22 February – Prashant Kausadikar, an economist<br />
*24 March – [[Prithvi (actor)|Prithvi]], actor.<br />
*15 May – [[Madhuri Dixit]], actress.<br />
*1 June – [[Anil Bhardwaj]], scientist.<br />
*12 June – [[Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao]] , politician and member of parliament from [[Anakapalli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Anakapalli]].<br />
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===July to December===<br />
*7 July – [[Pratyaya Amrit]], IAS<br />
*14 July – [[Prakash Kona]], novelist, essayist and poet.<br />
*27 July – [[Rahul Bose]], actor, [[screenwriter]], [[film director]] and [[social activist]].<br />
*4 August – [[Arbaaz Khan]], actor.<br />
*9 September – [[Akshay Kumar]], actor.<br />
*30 September – [[Deepti Bhatnagar]], actress and television presenter.<br />
*13 November – [[Juhi Chawla]], actress, film producer and television presenter.<br />
*17 December – [[Neeraj Mittal]], IAS<br />
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===Full date unknown===<br />
*[[Sanjana Kapoor]], actress and theatre director.<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*22 January – [[Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje]], revolutionary, scholar, agricultural scientist and historian (b. 1884).<br />
*28 November – [[Senapati Bapat]], Activist in the [[Indian Independence Movement]] and the [[Samyukta Maharashtra Movement]] (b. 1880)<br />
*[[Krishna Hutheesing]], political activist and writer (b. 1907).<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bollywood films of 1967]]<br />
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