1963 in India
Events in the year 1963 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
- President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
- Vice President of India – Zakir Husain
- Chief Justice of India – Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
Governors
- Andhra Pradesh – Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh
- Assam – Saiyid Fazal Ali
- Bihar – Vishnu Sahay
- Gujarat – Mehdi Nawaz Jung
- Karnataka – Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, S. M. Shrinagesh
- Kerala – V. V. Giri
- Madhya Pradesh – Hari Vinayak Pataskar
- Maharashtra – Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
- Nagaland – Vishnu Sahay
- Odisha – Ajudhia Nath Khosla
- Punjab – Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
- Rajasthan – Sampurnanand
- Uttar Pradesh – Bishwanath Das
- West Bengal – Padmaja Naidu
Events
- National income - 230,580 million
- 21 November - India's first ever rocket launch was carried out at Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station Thiruvananthapuram. The launch was successful and it sent NASA-made Nike-Apache rocket to space.
- 15 December - Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan established following recommendations of Second Pay Commission.
- 27 December - Theft of the Holy Relic from the Hazratbal Shrine
- Indo Swizz project started at Kerala for developing new cattle breed.
Law
- Supreme Court of India mandates that reservation should not exceed 50% for any institution.
Births
- 23 March - George Maryan, actor and comedian.
- 29 April – Deepika Chikhalia, actress.
- 10 May – A. Raja, politician.
- 25 May – Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava, scientist.
- 2 June
- * Anand Abhyankar, Marathi actor.
- * Maganti Gopinath, politician
- 16 June – Irai Anbu, Indian Administrative Service.
- 27 July K. S. Chithra, playback singer.
- 30 July – Abhijith, actor.
- 10 August – Phoolan Devi, bandit turned politician, assassinated.
- 13 August – Sridevi, Actress.
- 17 August – S. Shankar, film director.
- 21 August – Radhika Sarathkumar, actress and producer.
- 27 August – Sumalatha, actress.
- 19 September – Bonda Mani, actor.
- 20 October – Navjot Singh Sidhu, Indian opening batsman.
- 4 December – Jaaved Jaaferi, actor.
- 25 December – Raju Srivastav, comedian, actor and politician.
Full date unknown
- Keshava Malagi, writer.
Deaths
- 13 April – Babu Gulabrai, writer and historian.
- 30 30 October - U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian Freedom Fighter, Orator, Politician.
- 24 November – Marotrao Kannamvar, Politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
- 2 December – Sabu Dastagir, actor.
Full date unknown
- Amar Nath Kak, lawyer and author.