1964 END OF AN ERA

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The Nehru era has come to an end, announced The Indian Express. Jawaharlal Nehru’s death was announced in All India Radio’s 2 p.m. bulletin, and though gulzarilal Nanda was sworn in as successor, the power struggle had begun. When asked once what his legacy to India would be, Nehru had said, “Hopefully, it is 400 million people capable of governing themselves”. Nehru’s personality was reflected in the nation he governed. As biographer Geoffrey Tyson said, “If Nehru had been a different kind of man India would have been a different of country

FIRST CUT

• The National Film Archive of India was established as a media unit of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in February
• The Industrial development Bank of India was established on as a wholly-owned subsidiary of rbi.
• The first Indian mutual fund Unit Scheme – 1964 a.k.a US-64, was founded by the uti.

all’s gold

India regained its hockey gold medal beating Pakistan in what was to be, unfortunately, India’s last Olympic hockey gold. In the semi-final, India beat Australia 3-1 to set up their third consecutive clash with Pakistan in the Olympic finals.

Actor Guru Dutt died while working on K. Asif’s Love and God in October. Asif himself died in 1971 and the film was never completed, though it was released in a half-finished form in 1986.

“A STRONG MAN INDEED WHO IS SURE OF HIMSELF”

Lal Bahadur Shastri

So said The Guardian about Lal Bahadur Shastri.He gave himself a slogan,Jai Jawan,Jai Kisan ,which he took seriously when it came to budget allocations. Having inherited a nation which was psychologically and financially on a edge, he gave a sense of national unity to India, He also surprised everyone by building an innovation, the Prime Minister’s Secretariat, which has evolved into the all powerful PMO now.

Jayaprakash Narayan welcoming Sheikh Abdullah’s release

“It is remarkable how the freedom fighters of yesterday begin so easily to imitate the language of the imperialists”

A Holy Call Pope Paul VI visited India in 1964.Massive crowds gathered at the Oval where the 38^th International Eucharistic Congress was held on December 4.A group of Hindus raised objections ,though, thinking the Pope would try to convert people

• The G.I Joe action figure debuted as a popular American toy
• U.S Surgeon General Luther Terry issued the first major government report saying smoking may be hazardous to one’s health. A US report,Smoking&Health,connected smoking to lung cancer
• Fatah, the Palestinian guerrilla group founded by Yasser Arafat, Launched its first armed attack against lsarel.The annual celebration of this day came to be known as Fatah Day.

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Countries participated in the third International Film Festival aimed at providing a common platform to filmmakers and cine-goers

4,850

People were killed in a cyclone that hit India and Ceylon.

THE TWISTER

The Rameswaram cyclone wiped out the villages of Dhaushkodi from the map.

A passenger train which left Rameswaram was washed off by the storm leaving several dead. The Pam ban bridge connecting Mandapam and Rameswaram Island was also submerged

ONE MAN, ONE ACT

Sunil Dutt,a popular and charismatic star, made his directorial debut with Yaadein,a one of a kind film with a single actor. It had some bizarre scenes like an attack from a bunch of toys. The only other living presence in the film was the silhowette of Priya, played by his actor-wife Nargis.The film’s story was credited to her.

Courtesy By India Today