1565 in India

Centuries:	; 15th; 16th; 17th; 18th;
Decades:	1540s; 1550s; 1560s; 1570s; 1580s;
See also:	List of years in India; Timeline of Indian history

Events from the year 1565 in India.

Events

Tirumala Deva Raya becomes king of Vijayanagara Empire following Aliya Rama Raya's death (reigns until 1572)^[1]
26 January – The Battle of Talikota is fought; destruction of Vijayanagar.^[2]

Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah fifth Qutb Shahi sultan of Golkonda and founder of Hyderabad is born (dies 1612)

^ Tirumala Deva Raya retired in 1572 after feeling too old to rule and retired to a religious life of living till 1578.
^ Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 261