1960 in India

Events in the year 1960 in the Republic of India.(post Independence period)

7 May 1960 Border Road Organization (BRO) was established.

Incumbents

 * President of India – Rajendra Prasad
 * Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
 * Vice President of India - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
 * Chief Justice of India – Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha

Governors

 * Andhra Pradesh – Bhim Sen Sachar
 * Assam – Saiyid Fazal Ali (until 12 November), Vishnu Sahay (starting 12 November)
 * Bihar – Zakir Hussain
 * Gujarat – Mehdi Nawaz Jung (starting 1 May)
 * Karnataka – Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar
 * Kerala – Burgula Ramakrishna Rao (until 1 July), V. V. Giri (starting 1 July)
 * Madhya Pradesh – Hari Vinayak Pataskar
 * Maharashtra – Sri Prakasa
 * Odisha – Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar
 * Punjab – Narahar Vishnu Gadgil
 * Rajasthan – Gurumukh Nihal Singh
 * Uttar Pradesh – Varahgiri Venkat Giri (until 1 July), Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (starting 1 July)
 * West Bengal – Padmaja Naidu

Events

 * National income - ₹176,333 million
 * 11 March - Bombay High Court overturns Jury trial verdict on Nanavati case and declares him guilty.
 * 1 May – In India, 1 May is declared as 'Maharashtra Divas', i.e., Maharashtra Day (the same day is also celebrated as 'Kaamgaar Divas', i.e., Workers Day) or 'Gujarat Diwas'.
 * 1 May – Yashwantrao Chavan took oath as the 1st Chief Minister of Maharashtra
 * 20 June – Maharashtra State Electricity Board formed.
 * The ninth amendments of the Constitution of India
 * Air India enters United States with flights to New York.
 * Bajaj Auto goes public.
 * Goa, Diu and Daman were freed from Portuguese rule and became parts of the Indian federation.

Law

 * 1 May – Gujarat State and Maharashtra State are formed from the State of Bombay as laid down by the States Reorganisation Act.

Births

 * 2 January – Raman Lamba, cricketer (died 1998)
 * 5 February – Maganti Venkateswara Rao, politician and member of parliament from Eluru.
 * 1 May – Y. V. Subba Reddy, politician from YSR Congress Party and former member of parliament from Ongole.
 * 21 May – Mohanlal, actor.
 * 10 June – Nandamuri Balakrishna, actor and politician.
 * 25 June – Suresh Gopi, actor.
 * 11 July – Kumar Gaurav, actor.
 * 27 July – Poornima Bhagyaraj, actress.
 * 27 July – P. Sai Kumar, actor, dubbing artist and television presenter.
 * 12 September – Vadivelu, actor and comedian.
 * 13 September – Karthik, actor.

Deaths

 * 30 January – J. C. Kumarappa, economist (born 1892).
 * 2 February – Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja, Hindu teacher (born 1884).
 * 20 April – Pannalal Ghosh, flute (bānsurī) player and composer (born 1911).
 * 27 April – Rajshekhar Basu, writer, chemist and lexicographer (born 1880).
 * 8 September - Feroze Gandhi, politician (age 48)