1973 in India

These are the events that happened during 1973 in the Republic of India: == Incumbents == President of India – V. V. Giri Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi Vice President of India – Gopal Swarup Pathak Chief Justice of India – Sarv Mittra Sikri (until 26 April), Ajit Nath Ray (starting 26 April) === Governors === Andhra Pradesh – Khandubhai Kasanji Desai Assam – Braj Kumar Nehru (until 19 September), L. P. Singh (starting 19 September) Bihar – Dev Kant Baruah (until 4 February), Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare (starting 4 February) Gujarat – until 17 March: Shriman Narayan 17 March-4 April: P.N. Bhagwati starting 4 April: Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham Haryana – Birendra Narayan Chakraborty Himachal Pradesh – S. Chakravarti Jammu and Kashmir – Bhagwan Sahay (until 3 July), L. K. Jha (starting 3 July) Karnataka – Mohanlal Sukhadia Kerala – V. Viswanathan (until 1 April), N. N. Wanchoo (starting 1 April) Madhya Pradesh – Satya Narayan Sinha Maharashtra – Ali Yavar Jung Manipur – B. K. Nehru (until 20 September), L.P. Singh (starting 21 September) Meghalaya – B.K. Nehru (until 18 September), L.P. Singh (starting 18 September) Nagaland – B.K. Nehru (until 18 September), L.P. Singh (starting 18 September) Odisha – Basappa Danappa Jatti Punjab – Dadappa Chintappa Pavate (until 21 May), Mahendra Mohan Choudhry (starting 21 May) Rajasthan – Sardar Jogendra Singh Tamil Nadu – Kodardas Kalidas Shah Tripura – B. K. Nehru (until 23 September), L. P. Singh (starting 23 September) Uttar Pradesh – Akbar Ali Khan West Bengal – Anthony Lancelot Dias == Events == National income — ₹672,407 million 10 January — P. V. Narasimha Rao resigns as Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh following the resignation of ministers from Coastal Andhra post the 1972 Jai Andhra movement. 1 April – Government campaign to save the tiger from extinction. 24 April – Verdict of Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala pronounced. Supreme Court of India upholds basic structure doctrine. Chipko movement in Garhwal division against logging under the leadership of Chandi Prasad Bhatt. 24 May — Provincial Armed Constabulary revolt in Lucknow claims more than 40 lives. 31 May – Indian Airlines Flight 440 crash at Palam International Airport killing 48 of the 65 on board. 15 August - Indira Gandhi buries a Time capsule named Kaalapatra in Red Fort during Independence Day. 27 October — Indira Gandhi inaugurates world's first Women Police Station in the world at Kozhikode. 1 November – State of Mysore is renamed Karnataka State. 12 November — Bharatiya Jana Sangh leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee and two other leaders drove a Bullock cart to the Parliament of India on the first day of winter session to protest against fuel price hike in India following the oil crisis. 27 November — Aruna Shanbaug case. == Law == Foreign Exchange Regulation Act was passed. Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) was enacted. == Births == === January to June === 4 January – D. J. Gokulakrishnan, cricketer. (d. 2023) 5 January – Uday Chopra, actor. 11 January – Rahul Dravid, cricketer. 12 January – Saakshi Tanwar, actress. 20 February – Priyanshu Chatterjee, film actor, previously model. 14 March – Rohit Shetty, film director. 20 March – Arjun Atwal, golfer. 3 April – Prabhu Deva, actor, choreographer and director. 6 April – Prashanth, actor. 24 April – Sachin Tendulkar, cricketer. 26 April – Samuthirakani, actor and film director. 1 May – Diana Hayden, Miss World and actress 17 June – Leander Paes, tennis player. 13 June – Arunabha Sengupta, novelist and sports writer 18 June – Baljit Singh Dhillon, field hockey player. 29 June – Samir Choughule, actor and writer === July to December === 30 July – Sonu Sood, actor and philanthropist. 1 September – Ram Kapoor, actor. 5 October – Vishwas Nangare Patil, Indian police officer. 10 October – S. S. Rajamouli, film director. 1 November – Aishwarya Rai, actress. 27 November – Satyendra Dubey, LATE Indian Engineering Service (IES) officer. (d. 2003) == Deaths == 31 May – Mohan Kumaramangalam, politician (b. 1916). 13 September – Sajjad Zaheer, Urdu writer and revolutionary (b. 1905) 14 October – Siddavanahalli Krishna Sarma, writer, translator, freedom fighter, journalist, social worker and educationist (b. 1904) 20 November – Prabodhankar Thackeray, Politician, Social Activist in the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement, Author (b. 1885) 24 December - Periyar social reformer who started Self-Respect Movement and laid the rock bed of Dravidian movement.(b.1879) 30 December – V. Nagayya, actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer (b. 1904). == See also == List of Bollywood films of 1973 == References == == External links == Media related to 1973 in India at Wikimedia Commons