1965 in India

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Incumbents

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 between West Pakistan and India only.
29 May - 1965 Dhanbad coal mine disaster- A mining accident in Dhanbad, India kills 274.

5 August - War begins between India and Pakistan.
2 September - Kashmir is declared an "Integral Part of India" and is not a "disputed territory", later responded by the Pakistani troops entering 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 Alexei 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.