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{{Year in India|1973}}<br />
Events in the year '''1973 in the Republic of India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[President of India]] – [[V. V. Giri]]<br />
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Indira Gandhi]]<br />
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[Sarv Mittra Sikri]] (until 26 April), [[Ajit Nath Ray]] (starting 26 April)<br />
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===Governors===<br />
* [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] – [[Khandubhai Kasanji Desai]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – [[Braj Kumar Nehru]] (until 19 September), [[L. P. Singh]] (starting 19 September)<br />
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – [[Dev Kant Baruah]] (until 4 February), [[Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare]] (starting 4 February)<br />
* [[List of governors of Gujarat|Gujarat]] – <br />
** until 17 March: [[Shriman Narayan]] <br />
** 17 March-4 April: [[P.N. Bhagwati]] <br />
** starting 4 April: [[Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Haryana|Haryana]] – [[Birendra Narayan Chakraborty]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]] – S. Chakravarti<br />
* [[List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] – [[Bhagwan Sahay]] (until 3 July), [[L. K. Jha]] (starting 3 July)<br />
* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] – [[Mohanlal Sukhadia]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] – [[V. Viswanathan]] (until 1 April), [[N. N. Wanchoo]] (starting 1 April) <br />
* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] – [[Satya Narayan Sinha]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] – [[Ali Yavar Jung]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Manipur|Manipur]] – [[B. K. Nehru]] (until 20 September), [[L.P. Singh]] (starting 21 September)<br />
* [[List of governors of Meghalaya|Meghalaya]] – [[B.K. Nehru]] (until 18 September), [[L.P. Singh]] (starting 18 September)<br />
* [[List of governors of Nagaland|Nagaland]] – [[B.K. Nehru]] (until 18 September), [[L.P. Singh]] (starting 18 September)<br />
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] – [[Basappa Danappa Jatti]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] – [[D. C. Pavate|Dadappa Chintappa Pavate]] (until 21 May), [[Mahendra Mohan Choudhry]] (starting 21 May)<br />
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] – [[Sardar Jogendra Singh]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] – [[Kodardas Kalidas Shah]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Tripura|Tripura]] – [[B. K. Nehru]] (until 23 September), [[L. P. Singh]] (starting 23 September)<br />
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] – [[Akbar Ali Khan (politician)|Akbar Ali Khan]] <br />
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] – [[Anthony Lancelot Dias]]<br />
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==Events==<br />
* National income - {{INR}}672,407 million<br />
* 10 January - [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] resigns as [[List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh]] following the resignation of ministers from [[Coastal Andhra]] post the [[1972 Jai Andhra movement]].<br />
* 1 April – Government campaign to save the [[tiger]] from extinction.<br />
* 31 May – [[Indian Airlines Flight 440]] crash at [[Palam International Airport]] killing 48 of the 65 on board.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lodi News-Sentinel – Google News Archive Search|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_pszAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zTIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=5529,2776816&dq=new+delhi+indian+airlines+crash&hl=en|access-date=2022-01-24|website=news.google.com}}</ref><br />
* 24 April – Verdict of [[Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala]] pronounced. [[Supreme Court of India]] upholds [[basic structure doctrine]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-13|title=Explained: In SC reading of basic structure, the signature of Kesavananda Bharati|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/kesavananda-bharati-case-basic-structure-of-the-constitution-supreme-court-6585110/|access-date=2022-01-16|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> <br />
* 1 November – [[State of Mysore]] is renamed [[Karnataka|Karnataka State]].<br />
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==Law==<br />
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==Births==<br />
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===January to June===<br />
*5 January – [[Uday Chopra]], actor.<br />
*[[File:Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid at play.jpg|thumb|172x172px|[[Rahul Dravid]]]]11 January – [[Rahul Dravid]], cricketer.<br />
*12 January – [[Saakshi Tanwar]], actress.<br />
*20 February – [[Priyanshu Chatterjee]], film actor, previously model<br />
*20 March – [[Arjun Atwal]], golfer<br />
*6 April – [[Prashanth Thyagarajan]], actor.<br />
*[[File:Sachin Tendulkar at MRF Promotion Event.jpg|thumb|119x119px|[[Sachin Tendulkar]]]]24 April – [[Sachin Tendulkar]], cricketer.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/story/sachin-tendulkar-birthday-turns-46-1508795-2019-04-24 |date=24 April 2019 |title=Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar: Master Blaster turns 46 |magazine=[[India Today]] |access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref><br />
*1 May – [[Diana Hayden]], [[Miss World]] and actress<br />
*[[File:Leander Paes (19209244146).jpg|thumb|147x147px|[[Leander Paes]]]]17 June – [[Leander Paes]], tennis player.<br />
*18 June – [[Baljit Singh Dhillon]], field hockey player.<br />
*29 June – [[Samir Choughule]], actor and writer<br />
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===July to December===<br />
*[[File:Sk-dubey.jpg|thumb|165x165px|[[Satyendra Dubey]]]]1 September – [[Ram Kapoor]], actor.<br />
*5 October – [[Vishwas Nangare Patil]], Indian police officer.<br />
*[[File:Aishwarya International Dance Congress Meet.jpg|thumb|150x150px|[[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan|Aishwarya Rai]]]]1 November – [[Aishwarya Rai]], actress.<br />
*27 November – [[Satyendra Dubey]], LATE Indian Engineering Service (IES) officer. (d. 2003)<br />
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===Full date unknown===<br />
*[[Arunabha Sengupta]], novelist.<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*14 October – [[Siddavanahalli Krishna Sarma]], writer, translator, freedom fighter, journalist, social worker and educationist (b. 1904)<br />
*20 November – [[Prabodhankar Thackeray]], Politician, Social Activist in the [[Samyukta Maharashtra Movement]], Author (b. 1885)<br />
*30 December – [[Chittor V. Nagaiah]], actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer (b. 1904).<br />
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==References==<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Bollywood films of 1973]]<br />
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