1968 in India

Events in the year 1968 in the Federal Republic of India.

Incumbents

 * President of India – Zakir Husain
 * Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
 * Vice President of India – V. V. Giri
 * Chief Justice of India – Kailas Nath Wanchoo (until 24 February), Mohammad Hidayatullah (starting 24 February)

Governors

 * Andhra Pradesh – Pattom A. Thanu Pillai (until 11 April), Khandubhai Kasanji Desai (starting 11 April)
 * Assam – Vishnu Sahay (until 17 April), Braj Kumar Nehru (starting 17 April)
 * Bihar – Nityanand Kanungo
 * Gujarat – Shriman Narayan
 * Haryana – Birendra Narayan Chakraborty
 * Jammu and Kashmir – Bhagwan Sahay
 * Karnataka – Gopal Swarup Pathak
 * Kerala – Bhagwan Sahay (until 15 May), V. Viswanathan (starting 15 May)
 * Madhya Pradesh – K. Chengalaraya Reddy
 * Maharashtra – P V Cherian
 * Nagaland – Vishnu Sahay (until 17 April), B.K. Nehru (starting 17 April)
 * Odisha – Ajudhia Nath Khosla (until 30 January), Shaukatullah Shah Ansari (starting 30 January)
 * Punjab – Dadappa Chintappa Pavate
 * Rajasthan – Sardar Hukam Singh
 * Uttar Pradesh – Bezawada Gopala Reddy
 * West Bengal – Dharma Vira

Events

 * National income - ₹398,141 million
 * 10 Jan - President of India withdraws emergency declared in 1962 as part of Sino-Indian War.
 * 20 Feb – The Beatles, Mia Farrow, and several other celebrities visit the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh, India to study transcendental meditation.
 * 25 Feb - Rajeev Gandhi son of Indira Gandhi married an Italian named Sonia Maino.
 * 29 Feb - Auroville established in Pondicherry with presence of 124 countries.
 * 1 April - Tata Consultancy Services established as Tata Computer Systems.
 * 12 April -
 * National Textile Corporation incorporated.
 * Indira Gandhi announced in Rae Bareilly that India will not sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
 * 28 April - The first political murder of Kannur takes place at Thalassery resulting in death of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh worker's death.
 * 25 Dec - Kilvenmani massacre, 44 Dalits (untouchables) burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu.
 * Three-language formula introduced through National Policy on Education

Law

 * 18 Jan - Official Language resolution passed by both houses of Parliament.
 * 16 May - Public Provident Fund introduced through an act by the Parliament of India.
 * 20 Aug - Enemy Property Act, 1968

Births

 * 10 January Atul Khatri, comedian
 * 21 January
 * Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Carnatic vocalist.
 * Sundar C., actor and film director.
 * 26 January – Ravi Teja, actor.
 * 1 March – Kunjarani Devi, weightlifter.
 * 23 March – Srikanth (Telugu actor), actor.
 * Arshad Warsi graces the special screening of ‘Poster Boys’.jpg April – [[Arshad Warsi]], actor.
 * 24 May – Raju Narayana Swamy, IAS officer.
 * 14 June – Raj Thackeray, founder and president of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.
 * 2 July – Gautami, actress and politician.
 * 6 July – Singampuli, actor and director.
 * Dhanraj Pillay02.png July – [[Dhanraj Pillay]], field hockey player.
 * 20 July – S. J. Suryah, actor and director.
 * 15 August
 * Anil Kumar Awana, politician.
 * Kailash Chandra Gahtori, politician (died 2024).
 * 16 August – Arvind Kejriwal, politician
 * 23 August – KK, playback singer (died 2022).
 * 18 September – Upendra, actor, director and politician.
 * 27 September – Rahul Dev, actor and model.
 * 29 September – Samir Soni, actor.
 * 9 November – Neelam, former actress, jewellery designer.
 * 25 December - Sampath Raj, actor.

Full date unknown

 * Abu Salem, mobster.

Deaths

 * A. R. Krishnashastry, writer, researcher and translator (born 1890).
 * 19 November – Shri Rang Avadhoot, Saint who is regarded as an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya, (born 1898 in India)