1965 in India

"See also:"
1964 in India, other events of 1965, 1966 in India and the
Timeline of Indian history.

Events

January to June

*26 January - Hindi becomes the official language of India.
*26 January - Anti-Hindi agitations break out in India because of which Hindi does not get "National Language" status and remains one of the 23 Official Languages of India.
*24 February - English is adopted as an associate language in dealings between the Central government and the non Hindi speaking states.
*20 March - First fighting in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
*29 May - A mining accident in Dhanbad, India kills 274.

July to December

*5 August - War begins between India and Pakistan.
*2 September - Pakistani troops enter the Indian sector of Kashmir.
*6 September - Indian troops invade Lahore.
*6 September-22 September - A full-scale Indo-Pakistani war is fought over Kashmir, which ends after a UN Security Council calls for a ceasefire on 20 September.
*8 September - India opens two additional fronts against Pakistan.
*9 September - U.N. Secretary General U Thant negotiates with Pakistan President Ayub Khan.
*16 September - China protests against Indian provocations in its border region.
*18 September - Soviet Premier Alexey Kosygin invites the leaders of India and Pakistan to meet in the Soviet Union to negotiate.
*22 September - Radio Peking announces that Indian troops have dismantled their equipment on the Chinese side of the border.
*24 September - Fighting resumes between Indian and Pakistani troops.
*1 December - The Border Security Force is formed as a special force to guard the borders.

Full date unknown

*Femina Miss India held for the first time.

Births

*14 March - Aamir Khan, actor and film producer.
*23 April - Jamling Tenzing Norgay, mountain climber.
*2 July - Krishna Bhagavaan, actor.
*2 September - Partho Sen-Gupta, independent film director and script writer.
*2 November - Shahrukh Khan, actor, film producer and television host.
*30 November - Tashi Tenzing, mountain climber.
*27 December - Salman Khan, actor.

Deaths

*21 January - Geeta Bali, actress (b.1930).
*3 March - Amirbai Karnataki, actress and singer (b. c1906).