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Events

17 March - Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet and travels to India.
September - Doordarshan-India's national state-owned broadcaster established.
Bajaj Auto obtains license from Government of India to manufacture two- and three-wheelers in India.

Births

6 January - Kapil Dev, cricketer.
29 July - Sanjay Dutt, actor.
19 December - H. D. Kumaraswamy, politician and Chief Minister of Karnataka.
29 December - Anil Kapoor, actor and producer.

Deaths

1 November - M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, actor and Carnatic singer (b.1909).

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