1973 in India explained

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]
• 27 October — Indira Gandhi inaugurates world's first Women Police Station in the world at Kozhikode.^[8]
• 1 November – State of Mysore is renamed Karnataka State.^[9]
• 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.^{[10] [11]}

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.^[12]
• 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.^[13]
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020-09-13. Explained: In SC reading of basic structure, the signature of Kesavananda Bharati. 2022-01-16. The Indian Express. en.
2. Book: Austin, Granville . Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience . Oxford University Press . 1999 . 0195648889 . 264 . en.
3. Web site: FRONTLINE . TEAM . 2022-08-14 . 1973: Chipko movement starts . 2023-10-23 . Frontline . en.
4. Web site: 2018-03-26 . What is the Chipko movement? . 2023-10-23 . The Indian Express . en.
5. News: 2018-06-01 . When LU became ground zero for PAC revolt . The Times of India . 2023-10-23 . 0971-8257.
6. News: 1973-05-24 . Death Toll Is 40 in Indian State As Revolt by Police Continues . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-10-23 . 0362-4331.
7. Web site: Lodi News-Sentinel – Google News Archive Search . 2022-01-24 . news.google.com.
8. News: Bureau . The Hindu . 2023-10-17 . Asia’s first women’s police station, in Kozhikode, set to celebrate golden jubilee . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-10-23 . 0971-751X.
9. Web site: What happened in 1973? . 2023-10-23 . DNA India . en.
10. News: 1973-11-13 . BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT ASSAIL MRS. GANDHI . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-10-23 . 0362-4331.
11. Web site: 2018-08-16 . Photos: When Vajpayee arrived in Parliament on a bullock cart, and more . 2023-10-23 . Hindustan Times . en.
12. Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar: Master Blaster turns 46 . 24 April 2019 . . 11 May 2019.
13. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lUpQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ulcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5720,127936&dq=new+delhi+indian+airlines+crash&hl=en 3 Americans survive, but 4 die in New Delhi crash