1973 in India

IncumbentsEdit

National income — Template:INR672,407 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 –
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- Chipko movement in Garhwal division against logging under the leadership of Chandi Prasad Bhatt.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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24 May — Provincial Armed Constabulary revolt in Lucknow claims more than 40 lives.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
31 May – Indian Airlines Flight 440 crash at Palam International Airport killing 48 of the 65 on board.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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27 October — Indira Gandhi inaugurates world's first Women Police Station in the world at Kozhikode.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1 November – State of Mysore is renamed Karnataka State.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Foreign Exchange Regulation Act was passed. Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) was enacted.

4 January – D. J. Gokulakrishnan, cricketer. (d. 2023)
5 January – Uday Chopra, actor.
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Rahul Dravid
11 January – Rahul Dravid, cricketer.
12 January – Saakshi Tanwar, actress.
20 February – Priyanshu Chatterjee, film actor, previously model.
14 March Template:Ndash Rohit Shetty, film director.
20 March – Arjun Atwal, golfer.
3 April Template:Ndash Prabhu Deva, actor, choreographer and director.
6 April – Prashanth, actor.
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Sachin Tendulkar
24 April – Sachin Tendulkar, cricketer.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
26 April Template:Ndash Samuthirakani, actor and film director.
1 May – Diana Hayden, Miss World and actress
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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

30 July Template:Ndash Sonu Sood, actor and philanthropist.
1 September – Ram Kapoor, actor.
5 October – Vishwas Nangare Patil, Indian police officer.
10 October Template:Ndash S. S. Rajamouli, film director.
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Aishwarya Rai
1 November – Aishwarya Rai, actress.
27 November – Satyendra Dubey, LATE Indian Engineering Service (IES) officer. (d. 2003)

31 May – Mohan Kumaramangalam, politician.<ref>3 Americans survive, but 4 die in New Delhi crash</ref>
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).