See also: 1966 in India, other events of 1967, 1968 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.

Events

• 6 May - Zakir Hussain is the first Muslim to become president of India.
• 27 May - Naxalite Guerrilla War: Beginning with a peasant uprising in the town of Naxalbari, this Marxist/Maoist rebellion sputters on in the Indian countryside. The guerrillas operate among the impoverished peasants, fighting both the government security forces and private paramilitary groups funded by wealthy landowners. Most fighting takes place in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh.
• 18 August - The State of Tamil Nadu is established.

Sport

• Prithipal Singh and Shankar Lakshman (hockey players) are awarded the Padma Shri.

Births

January to June

• 15 January - Bhanupriya, actress.
• 12 February - N. Ravikiran, composer of Carnatic music.
• 24 March - Prithvi, actor.
• 2 April - Ajay Devgan, actor.
• 15 May - Madhuri Dixit, actress.
• 1 June - Anil Bhardwaj, scientist.

July to December

• 14 July - Prakash Kona, novelist, essayist and poet.
• 27 July - Rahul Bose, actor, screenwriter, film director and social activist.
• 4 August - Arbaaz Khan, actor.
• 9 September - Akshay Kumar, actor.
• 15 September - Ramya Krishnan, actress.
• 30 September - Deepti Bhatnagar, actress and television presenter.
• 13 November - Juhi Chawla, actress, film producer and television presenter.

Full date unknown

• Sanjana Kapoor, actress and theatre director.

Deaths

• 22 January - Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje, revolutionary, scholar, agricultural scientist and historian (b.1884).
• Krishna Hutheesing, political activist and writer (b.1907).