See also: 1961 in India, other events of 1962, 1963 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.

Events

• 3 April - Jawaharlal Nehru is elected de facto Prime Minister of India.
• 28 July - A locust swarm threatens New Delhi.
• 21 September - A border conflict between China and India erupts into fighting.
• 10 October - Beginning of the Sino-Indian War, a border dispute involving two of the world's largest nations (between India and the People's Republic of China).
• 20 October - Chinese troops invade India (Sino-Indian War).
• 21 November - China withdraws troops and orders ceasefire.
• 19 December - The last foreign-occupied territory of India, Daman and Diu, is integrated into India.

Births

• 3 April - Jaya Prada, actress and politician.
• 7 April - Ram Gopal Varma, film director, writer and producer.
• 27 May - Ravi Shastri, cricketer.
• 25 August - Rajiv Kapoor, actor, producer and director.
• 4 September - Kiran More, cricketer.

Full date unknown

• Sucheta Dalal, finance journalist.
• Madhavi, actress.

Deaths

• 11 June - Chhabi Biswas, actor (b.1900).
• 1 July - Bidhan Chandra Roy, second Chief Minister of West Bengal (b.1882).

Full date unknown

• K. C. Dey, actor (b.1893).