1965 in India
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See also: 1964 in India, other events of 1965, 1966 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
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Femina Miss India held for the first time.
[edit] 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. 1 November - Padmini Kolhapure, actress. 2 November - Shahrukh Khan, actor, film producer and television host. 30 November - Tashi Tenzing, mountain climber. 27 December - Salman Khan, actor.
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S. Joseph, poet. Amita Kanekar, novelist.
[edit] Deaths
21 January - Geeta Bali, actress (b.1930). 3 March - Amirbai Karnataki, actress and singer (b. c1906).
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Motilal, actor (b.1910). A.B. Purani, disciple and biographer of Sri Aurobindo (b.1894).
