1964 in India

Events in the year 1964 in the Republic of India.

1964 cyclone

Incumbents

National income - {{INR}}268,953 million
January 4 - The lost relic recovered in connection with 1963 Hazratbal Shrine theft.
April 8 - Jammu and Kashmir (state) withdrew the Kashmir Conspiracy Case from a special court.{{Cite web |date=2010-08-23 |title=Let the Sheikh try |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/let-the-sheikh-try/ |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
April 11 - Thirty two Council members walks out of Communist Party of India National Council resulting in the 1964 split in the Communist Party of India.
May 27 – Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru dies after a five-month illness; he is succeeded by Lal Bahadur Shastri.
July 1 - IDBI Bank was established through an Act of Parliament.
August 29 - The far right Hindu outfit, Vishva Hindu Parishad was founded.
October 30 - Sirima–Shastri Pact signed to grant citizenship to almost 9 lakhs Tamils based in Ceylon.{{Cite journal |last=Phadnis |first=Urmila |last2=Kumar |first2=Lalit |date=1975 |title=THE SIRIMAVO-SHASTRI PACT OF 1964: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF IMPLEMENTATION |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45070385 |journal=India Quarterly |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=249–269 |issn=0974-9284}}

2 September – Indian Hungry generation poets arrested on charges of conspiracy against the State and Obscenity in literature.
National Film Archive of India established in Pune.

9 January – Arjun, actor.
20 January – Fareed Zakaria, journalist
16 February – Shrirang Barne, politician, Member of Parliament from Maval constituency
30 April – Abhishek Chatterjee, Bengali film and television actor.
19 May – Murali, actor. (died 2010).
1 June – Rashid Patel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler, Lamba incident).
22 October – Amit Shah, politician.
13 August – Harisree Ashokan, actor.
26 August – Ilavarasu, cinematographer and actor.
10 September – Ramesh Aravind, actor and director.
23 September – Ponvannan, actor and director.
29 October – Gyan Prakash Upadhyaya, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer.{{cite news |title=List of IAS officers |url=https://easy.nic.in/civillistias/yrcurr/AgeListCL.asp?Slab=8&Cadre=SK&AsOnDate=01/01/2020 |access-date=31 May 2023}}
14 November – Manoj Singh Mandavi, politician (died 2022).

27 May – Jawaharlal Nehru, politician and 1st Prime Minister of India (b. 1889).
6 February – Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, freedom fighter, social activist and Health Minister (b. 1887).
10 October – Guru Dutt, film director, producer, and actor (b. 1925).