1968 in India

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Events in the year 1968 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• President of India – Zakir Hussain
• Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi

Events

This section requires expansion.

• February-The Beatles, Mia Farrow, and several other celebrities visit the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh.

Births

• 1 March - Kunjarani Devi, weightlifter.
• 3 March - Neelam, former actress, jewellery designer.
• 19 April - Arshad Warsi, actor.
• 14 June - Raj Thackeray, founder and president of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.
• 16 July - Dhanraj Pillay, field hockey player.
• 29 September - Samir Soni, actor.

Full date unknown

• Abu Salem, mobster.

Deaths

• A. R. Krishnashastry, writer, researcher and translator (b.1890).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1968

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