- 1965 in India
"See also:"
1964 in India , other events of 1965,1966 in India and theTimeline of Indian history .Events
January to June
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26 January -Hindi becomes the official language of India.
*26 January - Anti-Hindi agitations break out inIndia because of whichHindi 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 nonHindi speaking states.
*20 March - First fighting in theIndo-Pakistani War of 1965 .
*29 May - Amining accident inDhanbad ,India kills 274.July to December
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5 August - War begins between India and Pakistan.
*2 September -Pakistan i troops enter theIndia n sector ofKashmir .
*6 September -India n troops invadeLahore .
*6 September -22 September - A full-scale Indo-Pakistani war is fought overKashmir , which ends after aUN Security Council calls for a ceasefire on20 September .
*8 September -India opens two additional fronts againstPakistan .
*9 September - U.N. Secretary GeneralU Thant negotiates withPakistan PresidentAyub Khan .
*16 September - China protests against Indian provocations in its border region.
*18 September - Soviet PremierAlexey Kosygin invites the leaders ofIndia andPakistan to meet in theSoviet 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 betweenIndia n andPakistan i troops.
*1 December - TheBorder Security Force is formed as a special force to guard the borders.Full date unknown
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Femina Miss India held for the first time.Births
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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
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21 January -Geeta Bali , actress (b.1930).
*3 March -Amirbai Karnataki , actress and singer (b. c1906).
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