1967 in India
Events in the year 1967 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
- President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan until 13 May, Zakir Husain
- Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
- Vice President of India – Zakir Husain until 13 May; V. V. Giri
- Chief Justice of India – Koka Subba Rao, Kailas Nath Wanchoo
Governors
- Andhra Pradesh – Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
- Assam – Vishnu Sahay
- Bihar – M. A. S. Ayyangar, Nityanand Kanungo
- Gujarat –
- * until 7 December: Nityanand Kanungo
- * 7 December-26 December: P.N. Bhagwati
- * starting 26 December: Shriman Narayan
- Haryana – Dharma Vira, Birendra Narayan Chakraborty
- Jammu and Kashmir – Mahraja Karan Singh, Bhagwan Sahay
- Karnataka – V. V. Giri, Gopal Swarup Pathak
- Kerala – Bhagwan Sahay, V. Viswanathan
- Madhya Pradesh – K. Chengalaraya Reddy
- Maharashtra – P V Cherian
- Nagaland – Vishnu Sahay
- Odisha – Ajudhia Nath Khosla
- Punjab –
- * until 1 June: Dharma Vira
- * 1 June-16 October: Mehar Singh
- * starting 16 October: Dadappa Chintappa Pavate
- Rajasthan – Sampurnanand, Sardar Hukam Singh
- Uttar Pradesh – Bishwanath Das, Dr. Bezwada Gopala Reddy
- West Bengal – Padmaja Naidu, Dharma Vira
Events
- National income - 376,012 million
- 17–21 February - 1967 Indian general election, Indian National Congress came back into power despite facing set back in various states.
- 10 March - India and Myanmar enters into a border agreement which demarcates India–Myanmar border.
- 12 May – Congress Working Committee adopted a resolution for social control of banks, nationalization of general insurance, removal of princes privileges.
- 13 May – Zakir Husain becomes the first Muslim to become president of India.
- 27 May – Guerrilla War: Beginning with a peasant uprising in the town of Naxalbari, this 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 and Madhya Pradesh.
- 23 June - Indira Gandhi announces Ten Point Program a Socialistic roadmap during All India Congress Committee meet.
- 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
- 15 September – After a ceasefire, the clashes in Nathu La end.
- 1 October – Indian and Chinese troops clash in Cho La and the duel ended after a day.
- 1 November - Kerala State Lotteries becomes the first state to start Lottery under public sector.
- 11 December – The 6.6 Koynanagar earthquake shook western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII, killing 177–180 and injuring 2,272.
Law
Sport
- Prithipal Singh and Shankar Lakshman are awarded the Padma Shri.
Births
January to June
- 6 January A. R. Rahman, music composer and singer.
- 15 January – Bhanupriya, actress.
- 12 February – N. Ravikiran, composer of Carnatic music.
- 3 March – Shankar Mahadevan, singer.
- 16 March – Vilas Rupawate, politician.
- 15 May – Madhuri Dixit, actress.
- 23 May Rahman, actor.
- 1 June – Anil Bhardwaj, scientist.
- 12 June – Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao, politician and member of parliament from Anakapalli.
July to December
- 7 July – Pratyaya Amrit, IAS.
- 12 July – G. Marimuthu, film director and actor.
- 14 July – Prakash Kona, novelist, essayist and poet.
- 27 July – Rahul Bose, actor, screenwriter, film director and social activist.
- 4 August – Arbaaz Khan, actor.
- 15 August – Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, social group leader.
- 9 September – Akshay Kumar, actor.
- 12 September Amala Akkineni, actress.
- 30 September – Deepti Bhatnagar, actress and television presenter.
- 13 November – Juhi Chawla, actress, film producer and television presenter.
- 14 November – N. Lingusamy, film director, screenwriter, and film producer.
- 27 November – Sanjana Kapoor, actress and theatre director.
- 17 December – Neeraj Mittal, IAS.
Full date unknown
- G. N. Saibaba, writer and human rights activist.
Deaths
- 22 January – Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje, revolutionary, scholar, agricultural scientist and historian.
- 9 November - Krishna Nehru Hutheesing, political activist and writer.
- 28 November – Senapati Bapat, Activist in the Indian Independence Movement and the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement