1962 in India

Template:Unreferenced Template:Year in India The following lists events that happened during 1962 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

3 April – Jawaharlal Nehru is elected de facto Prime Minister of India.
6 May – India defeats the Philippines in the Eastern Zone final of 1962 Davis Cup at New Delhi
28 July – A locust swarm threatens New Delhi.
21 September – A border conflict between China and India erupts into fighting.
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).
20 October – Chinese troops invade Kashmir and illegally captured Aksai Chin
21 November – China withdraws troops from Arunachal Pradesh and orders ceasefire along the McMahon Line.
19 December – The last foreign-occupied territory of India, Daman and Diu, is integrated into India.
The twelfth and Thirteenth Amendment of The Constitution of India

17 January – Karan Kapoor, actor, model and photographer.
3 April – Jaya Prada, actress and politician.
7 April – Ram Gopal Varma, film director, writer and producer.
13 May - Acharya Shri Mahashraman, 11th Acharya of Jain Terapanth Sect
27 May – Ravi Shastri, cricketer.
5 June – C. Sylendra Babu, Indian Police Service Officer.
9 June – N. K. Senthamarai Kannan, Indian Police Service Officer.
3 July - U. Sagayam, former career Indian civil servant
6 July - Thota Narasimham, Indian politician and member of parliament from Kakinada
25 August – Rajiv Kapoor, actor, producer and director.
4 September – Kiran More, cricketer.