1983 in India

1983 in India
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.
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.
Law
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.
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).
References
See also
List of Bollywood films of 1983
India
Years of the 20th century in India