1965 in India

Events in the year 1965 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

=Governors=

Andhra Pradesh – Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
Assam – Vishnu Sahay
Bihar – M. A. S. Ayyangar
Gujarat – Mehdi Nawaz Jung (until 1 August), Nityanand Kanungo (starting 1 August)
Jammu and Kashmir – Mahraja Karan Singh (starting 30 March)
Karnataka – S. M. Shrinagesh (until 2 April), V. V. Giri (starting 2 April)
Kerala – V. V. Giri (until 2 April), Ajith Prasad Jain (starting 2 April)
Madhya Pradesh – Hari Vinayak Pataskar (until 10 February), K. Chengalaraya Reddy (starting 10 February)
Maharashtra – P V Cherian
Nagaland – Vishnu Sahay
Odisha – Ajudhia Nath Khosla
Punjab – Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim (until 1 September), Sardar Ujjal Singh (starting 1 September)
Rajasthan – Sampurnanand
Uttar Pradesh – Bishwanath Das
West Bengal – Padmaja Naidu

Events

National income - {{INR}}283,600 million
14 January - Food Corporation of India was founded.
26 January – Anti-Hindi agitations break out in India because of which Hindi does not get "National Language" status and remains one of the 2 Official Languages of India.
24 February – English is adopted as an associate language in dealings between the Central government and the non Hindi speaking states.
20 March – First fighting in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 between West Pakistan and India only.
29 May – 1965 Dhanbad coal mine disaster – A mining accident in Dhanbad, India kills 274.
July 14 - Sheikh Abdullah kept at custody in Kodaikanal for two years from July 1965 - June 1967.{{Cite news |last=Ramakrishnan |first=T. |date=2022-03-31 |title=When the 'Lion of Kashmir' landed in Kodaikanal |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/when-the-lion-of-kashmir-landed-in-kodaikanal/article65277643.ece |access-date=2022-04-09 |issn=0971-751X}}
5 August – War begins between India and Pakistan.
2 September – Kashmir is declared an "Integral Part of India" and is not a "disputed territory", later responded by the Pakistani troops entering the Indian sector of Kashmir.
6 September – Indian troops attempt to invade Lahore.
6–22 September – A full-scale Indo-Pakistani war is fought over Kashmir, which ends after a UN Security Council calls for a ceasefire on 20 September.
8 September – India opens two additional fronts against Pakistan.
9 September – U.N. Secretary General U Thant negotiates with Pakistan President Ayub Khan.
16 September – China protests against Indian provocations in its border region.
18 September – Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin invites the leaders of India and Pakistan to meet in the Soviet Union to negotiate.
22 September – Radio Peking announces that Indian troops have dismantled their equipment on the Chinese side of the border.
24 September – Fighting resumes between Indian and Pakistani troops.
October - Nanda Devi Plutonium Mission by Central Intelligence Agency.{{Cite web |date=2021-02-20 |title=Did nuclear spy devices trigger Himalayan floods? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56102459 |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
1 December – The Border Security Force is formed as a special force to guard the borders.
Femina Miss India held for the first time

Law

Births

File:Aamir Khan graces the first look launch of ‘Secret Superstar’.jpg]]14 March – Aamir Khan, actor and film producer.
26 March {{ndash}} Prakash Raj, actor and film director.
23 April – Jamling Tenzing Norgay, mountain climber.
25 April – Brahmaji, actor.
3 June {{ndash}} Radha, actress.
19 June – Ashish Vidyarthi, actor.
2 July – Krishna Bhagavaan, actor.
15 August {{ndash}} Raghavendra Rajkumar, actor and producer.
19 August – Hemant Birje, actor
2 September – Partho Sen-Gupta, independent film director and script writer.
13 September – Jafar Masood Hasani Nadwi, Sunni Muslim scholar (d. 2025)
27 September – Sudha Chandran, dancer, actress.
11 October – Ronit Roy, film and television actor{{cite news |title=Birthday Special: A look back at Ronit Roy's journey, that's worth penning down in golden words |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/ronit-roy-birthday-a-look-back-at-his-journey-see-photos-4884649/ |access-date=12 March 2020 |work=The Indian Express |date=11 October 2017 |archive-date=24 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724213123/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/ronit-roy-birthday-a-look-back-at-his-journey-see-photos-4884649/ |url-status=live }}
1 November – Padmini Kolhapure, actress.
30 November – Tashi Tenzing, mountain climber.
10 December – Jayaram, actor.
25 December – Swami Ramdev, Yogguru.
27 December – Salman Khan, actor, film producer and television host.