1973 in India

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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. ^{[1] [2]}
  • Chipko movement in Garhwal division against logging under the leadership of Chandi Prasad Bhatt. ^{[3] [4]}
• 24 May — Provincial Armed Constabulary revolt in Lucknow claims more than 40 lives. ^{[5] [6]}
• 31 May – Indian Airlines Flight 440 crash at Palam International Airport killing 48 of the 65 on board. ^[7]
• 15 August - Indira Gandhi buries a Time capsule named Kaalapatra in Red Fort during Independence Day. ^[8]
• 27 October — Indira Gandhi inaugurates world's first Women Police Station in the world at Kozhikode. ^[9]
• 1 November – State of Mysore is renamed Karnataka State. ^[10]
• 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. ^{[11] [12]}
• 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.

• 

  Rahul Dravid

  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.

• 

  Sachin Tendulkar

  24 April – Sachin Tendulkar, cricketer. ^[13]
• 26 April – Samuthirakani, actor and film director.
• 1 May – Diana Hayden, Miss World and actress

• 

  Leander Paes

  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.

• 

  Aishwarya Rai

  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). ^[14]
• 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

1. "Explained: In SC reading of basic structure, the signature of Kesavananda Bharati". The Indian Express. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
2. Austin, Granville (1999). Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience. Oxford University Press. p. 264. ISBN   0195648889.
3. FRONTLINE, TEAM (14 August 2022). "1973: Chipko movement starts". Frontline. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
4. "What is the Chipko movement?". The Indian Express. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
5. "When LU became ground zero for PAC revolt". The Times of India. 1 June 2018. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 23 October 2023.
6. "Death Toll Is 40 in Indian State As Revolt by Police Continues". The New York Times. 24 May 1973. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 23 October 2023.
7. "Lodi News-Sentinel – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
8. "All about time capsule Indira Gandhi buried in 1973 which Janata Party govt exhumed in 1977". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
9. "Asia's first women's police station, in Kozhikode, set to celebrate golden jubilee". The Hindu . 17 October 2023. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 23 October 2023.
10. "What happened in 1973?". DNA India. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
11. "BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT ASSAIL MRS. GANDHI". The New York Times. 13 November 1973. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 23 October 2023.
12. "Photos: When Vajpayee arrived in Parliament on a bullock cart, and more". Hindustan Times. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
13. "Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar: Master Blaster turns 46". India Today . 24 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
14. 3 Americans survive, but 4 die in New Delhi crash

External links

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