1983 in India explained

Events in the year 1983 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• President of India – Zail Singh
• Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
• Vice President of India – Mohammad Hidayatullah
• Chief Justice of India – Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud

Governors

• Andhra Pradesh – K. C. Abraham (until 15 August), Thakur Ram Lal (starting 15 August)
  • • Assam – Prakash Mehrotra Bihar – Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Gujarat – Sharda Mukherjee (until 6 August), K.M. Chandy (starting 6 August)
  • Haryana – Ganpatrao Devji Tapase Himachal Pradesh – A. K. Banerjee (until 15 April), Hokishe Sema (starting 15 April)
    • • Jammu and Kashmir – B. K. Nehru Karnataka – Ashoknath Banerji Kerala – P. Ramachandran Madhya Pradesh –
  • until 20 September: B. D. Sharma
  • 20 September-7 October: G. P. Singh
  • starting 7 October: B. D. Sharma
    • • • Maharashtra – Idris Hasan Latif Manipur – S. M. H. Burney Meghalaya – Prakash Mehrotra Nagaland – S. M. H. Burney Odisha – Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha (until 17 August), Bishambhar Nath Pande (starting 17 August)
• Punjab –
  • • • until 7 February: Marri Chenna Reddy 7 February-21 February: Surjit Singh Sandhawalia
  • 21 February-10 October: Anant Prasad Sharma
  • starting 10 October: Bhairab Dutt Pande
    • • • • Rajasthan – Om Prakash Mehra Sikkim – Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan Tamil Nadu – Sundar Lal Khurana Tripura – S. M. H. Burney Uttar Pradesh – Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh West Bengal – Bhairab Dutt Pande (until 10 October), Anant Prasad Sharma (starting 10 October)

Events

• National income - 2,250,742 million
• February – Bandit queen Phoolan Devi surrenders.
• January - Rail Mazdoor Union formed by George Fernandes.^[1]
• 18 February – Nellie massacre: over 2,000 people, mostly Bangladeshi Muslims, were massacred during the Assam agitation.
• 25 June – India wins the cricket World Cup for the first time.
• November - The first Ekatmata Yatras held by Vishva Hindu Parishad.^[2]

Arts and literature

• Ardh Satya wins Filmfare Best Movie Award.

Sport

• 25 June – India wins the First Cricket World Cup at Lords under Kapil Dev.

Births

• 24 January D. Imman, film composer and singer.
• 3 February – T.R. Silambarasan, Actor and Filmmaker
• 6 February – Angad Bedi, actor, model and cricketer.
• 6 February – Sreesanth, cricketer.
• 19 March Karthik Subbaraj, film director and producer.
• 30 March Nithiin, actor and producer
• 4 May Trisha Krishnan, actress.
• 15 May Santhosh Narayanan, music composer and singer.
• 20 May – N. T. Rama Rao Jr., actor.
• 25 May - Kunal Khemu, Actor
• 16 July – Katrina Kaif, actress
• 28 June – Jaiveer Shergill, politician.
• 7 July Rishab Shetty, actor and director.
• 19 July – Sindhu Tolani, actress
• 27 July – Soccor Velho, footballer (died 2013).
• 28 July Dhanush, actor, producer, lyricist and playback singer.
• 14 August – Jennifer Kotwal, actress.
• 31 August – Ira Singhal, Indian Administrative Service officer.
• 17 September- Sanaya Irani, actress.
• 2 November – Nitin Menon, cricket umpire
• 16 November – Thaman S, music composer and playback singer.
• 23 November – Karan Patel, actor.

27 November- Suresh Raina [Cricketer]

• 30 November – Nisha Kothari, actress.

Deaths

• 11 June – Ghanshyam Das Birla, businessman (born 1894).
• 17 November – E. P. Poulose, politician (born 1909).

Date unknown

• Fatima Begum, actress and India's first female film director (born 1892).
• V. Ishwaraiah, pharmacology professor (born 1898).

See also

• List of Bollywood films of 1983

Notes and References

1. Book: Ramagundam, Rahul . The Life and Times of George Fernandes . Penguin Random House India . 2022 . 978-0670092888 . 403 . en.
2. Web site: VHP-organised Ekaimata Yagna to roll across India with 92 religious caravans . 2023-09-02 . India Today . en.