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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
- Chief Justice of India – Kailas Nath Wanchoo (until 24 February), Mohammad Hidayatullah (starting 24 February)
Governors
- Assam –
- Bihar –
- Gujarat –
- Haryana –
- Himachal Pradesh –
- Jammu and Kashmir –
- Karnataka –
- Kerala –
- Madhya Pradesh –
- Maharashtra –
- Nagaland –
- Odisha –
- Punjab –
- Rajasthan –
- Tamil Nadu –
- Telangana –
- Uttar Pradesh –
- West Bengal –
Events
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- February – The Beatles, Mia Farrow, and several other celebrities visit the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh, India to study transcendental meditation.
- Kilvenmani massacre, 44 Dalits (untouchables) burnt to death on 25 December, in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu.
Auroville(city of dawn) established in Puducherry.
National Textile Corporation established
Tata Consultancy Services established.
The three language formula for states.
Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi mehendi ceremony at Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s Willingdon Crescent home. They got married on February 28th.
India will not sign the NPT said PM Indira Gandhi in Rae Bareilly.
Births
- 10 January Atul Khatri , comedian
- 21 January - Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Carnatic vocalist
- 1 March – Kunjarani Devi, weightlifter.
- 19 April – Arshad Warsi, actor.
- 14 June – Raj Thackeray, founder and president of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.
- 16 July – Dhanraj Pillay, field hockey player.
- 15 August – Anil Kumar Awana, politician.
- 29 September – Samir Soni, actor.
- 9 November – Neelam, former actress, jewellery designer.
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)