1963 in India

Events in the year 1963 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

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

Governors

 * Andhra Pradesh – Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh
 * Assam – Saiyid Fazal Ali
 * Bihar – Vishnu Sahay
 * Gujarat – Mehdi Nawaz Jung
 * Karnataka – Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (until 4 May), S. M. Shrinagesh (starting 4 May)
 * Kerala – V. V. Giri
 * Madhya Pradesh – Hari Vinayak Pataskar
 * Maharashtra – Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
 * Nagaland – Vishnu Sahay (starting 1 December)
 * Odisha – Ajudhia Nath Khosla
 * Punjab – Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
 * Rajasthan – Sampurnanand
 * Uttar Pradesh – Bishwanath Das
 * West Bengal – Padmaja Naidu

Events

 * National income - ₹230,580 million
 * November 21 - India's first ever rocket launch was carried out at Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station Thiruvananthapuram. The launch was successful and it sent NASA-made Nike-Apache rocket to space.
 * December 15 - Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan established following recommendations of Second Pay Commission.
 * December 27 - Theft of the Holy Relic from the Hazratbal Shrine
 * Indo Swizz project started at Kerala for developing new cattle breed.

Law

 * Supreme Court of India mandates that reservation should not exceed 50% for any institution.

Births

 * 23 March - George Maryan, actor and comedian
 * 29 April – Deepika Chikhalia, actress.
 * 10 May – A. Raja, politician
 * 25 May – Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava, scientist.
 * 2 June – Anand Abhyankar, Marathi Actor. (d.2012)
 * 16 June – Irai Anbu, Indian Administrative Service.
 * 27 July – K. S. Chithra, playback singer.
 * 30 July – Abhijith, actor.
 * 10 August – Phoolan Devi, bandit turned politician, assassinated (d.2001).
 * 13 August – Sridevi, Actress. (d.2018)
 * 17 August – S. Shankar, film director.
 * 21 August – Radhika Sarathkumar, actress and producer.
 * 27 August – Sumalatha, actress.
 * 19 September – Bonda Mani, actor (d. 2023)
 * 20 October – Navjot Singh Sidhu, Indian opening batsman.
 * 4 December – Jaaved Jaaferi, actor.
 * 25 December – Raju Srivastav, comedian, actor and politician. (d.2022)

Full date unknown

 * Keshava Malagi, writer.

Deaths

 * 13 April – Babu Gulabrai, writer and historian (b. 1888).
 * 30 30 October - U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian Freedom Fighter, Orator, Politician (b. 1908).
 * 24 November – Marotrao Kannamvar, Politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
 * 2 December – Sabu Dastagir, actor (b. 1924).

Full date unknown

 * Amar Nath Kak, lawyer and author (b. 1889).