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India in 1963

Historical records for India in 1963, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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5Events
5Named people
5Places
4Categories

Historical records

February

28 February 1963Death of Rajendra PrasadRajendra Prasad

Patna · Government / Government of India

Rajendra Prasad dies in Patna after serving as India's first President.

November

21 November 1963First Sounding RocketVikram Sarabhai

Thumba · Science / Astronomy

Under Vikram Sarabhai's leadership, India launches its first sounding rocket from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.

Other Events

1963Kamaraj PlanJawaharlal Nehru

New Delhi · Government / Congress Party

Senior Congress leaders leave government posts under the Kamaraj Plan to strengthen the party organisation.

1963Optical Equivalence TheoremEnnackal Chandy George Sudarshan

Rochester · Science / Physics

E. C. G. Sudarshan develops the diagonal coherent-state representation and optical equivalence theorem foundational to quantum optics.

1963Ramachandran PlotGopalasamudram Narayanan Ramachandran

Madras · Science / Physics

G. N. Ramachandran and colleagues introduce conformational maps showing sterically allowed backbone angles in protein structures.

Names involved

Ennackal Chandy George SudarshanGopalasamudram Narayanan RamachandranJawaharlal NehruRajendra PrasadVikram Sarabhai

Places involved

MadrasNew DelhiPatnaRochesterThumba

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.