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{{Year in India|1975}}<br />
Events in the year '''1975 in the Republic of India'''.<br />
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==Sports==<br />
* India won the Men's [[Hockey World Cup]] first time. It was held in [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]{{fact|date=May 2022}}<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[President of India]] – [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]]<br />
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Indira Gandhi]]<br />
* [[Vice President of India]] – [[B.D. Jatti]] <br />
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[Ajit Nath Ray]]<br />
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===Governors===<br />
* [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] – [[Khandubhai Kasanji Desai]] (until 25 January), [[S. Obul Reddy]] (starting 25 January)<br />
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – [[L. P. Singh]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – [[Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Gujarat|Gujarat]] – [[Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Haryana|Haryana]] – [[Birendra Narayan Chakraborty]] (until 27 March), [[Birendra Narayan Chakraborty]] (starting 27 March)<br />
* [[List of governors of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]] – S. Chakravarti<br />
* [[List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] – [[L. K. Jha]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] – [[Mohanlal Sukhadia]] (until 10 January), [[Uma Shankar Dikshit]] (starting 10 January)<br />
* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] – [[N. N. Wanchoo]] <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]] – [[L.P. Singh]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Meghalaya|Meghalaya]] – [[L.P. Singh]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Nagaland|Nagaland]] – [[L.P. Singh]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] – [[Akbar Ali Khan (politician)|Akbar Ali Khan]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] – [[Mahendra Mohan Choudhry]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] – [[Sardar Jogendra Singh]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Sikkim|Sikkim]] – [[B._B._Lal_(politician) | Bipen Behari Lal]] (starting 18 May)<br />
* [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] – [[Kodardas Kalidas Shah]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Tripura|Tripura]] – [[L. P. Singh]] <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}}852,124 million<br />
* 19 January – The 6.8 {{M|s}} [[1975 Kinnaur earthquake|Kinnaur earthquake]] shook northern India with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''). Forty-seven people were killed.<br />
* 26 February - [[Sahitya Akademi]] recognizes [[Konkani language]].<br />
* 19 March – [[Indira Gandhi]] became the first [[Prime Minister of India]] to testify in a court. She appeared before [[Allahabad High Court]] in [[State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain]] case.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-25|title=Four reasons why Indira Gandhi declared Emergency|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/research/four-reasons-why-indira-gandhi-declared-the-emergency-5232397/|access-date=2022-01-16|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><br />
* 10 April - [[State Council (Sikkim)]] unanimously voted to abolish [[Monarchy]] of [[Chogyal]] and merge with [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Behind Sikkim's Firm Aversion to a Darjeeling Merger Is Two Centuries of Politics |url=https://thewire.in/politics/behind-sikkims-firm-aversion-to-a-darjeeling-merger-is-two-centuries-of-politics |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=The Wire}}</ref><br />
* 14 April - [[1975 Sikkimese monarchy referendum]] held and obtained 97.75%approval.<br />
* 19 April – The first Indian [[satellite]], [[Aryabhata (satellite)|Aryabhata]], goes into Earth's orbit.<br />
* 21 April - [[Farakka Barrage]] across [[Ganges]] commissioned in [[West Bengal]].<br />
* 12 June – Justice [[Jagmohanlal Sinha]] declared [[Prime Minister of India|PM Indira Gandhi's]] election to parliament from [[Rae Bareli (Lok Sabha constituency)]] in [[1971 Indian general election]] null and void.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 September 2021 |agency=Press Trust of India |title=A judgment of great courage: CJI on Allahabad HC's 1975 verdict disqualifying then PM Indira Gandhi |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/cji-on-allahabad-hc-1975-verdict-disqualifying-then-pm-indira-gandhi-1851865-2021-09-12 |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><br />
* 25 June – A [[Indian Emergency|state of emergency]] is declared by [[Prime Minister]] [[Indira Gandhi]] during which the press is censored and 100,000 are jailed.<br />
* 27 December – The [[Chasnala mining disaster]] kills 375 people when an explosion in a coal mine causes catastrophic flooding.<br />
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==Law==<br />
* 25 April - [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] passed the Kerala Scheduled Tribes (Restriction on Transfer of Lands and Restoration of Alienated Lands) Act, 1975, for restoring land rights to tribals.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-24 |title=After Tamil cinema, Malayalam film Pada demands land rights for the oppressed |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/after-tamil-cinema-malayalam-film-pada-demands-land-rights-oppressed-162230 |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref><br />
* 15 May – 35th [[List of amendments of the Constitution of India|amendment of the Constitution of India]] ratifies statehood for [[Sikkim]] and deposing of [[Chogyal]] monarchy.<br />
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==Births==<br />
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===January to June===<br />
*[[File:Suriya2011.jpg|thumb|160x160px|[[Suriya]]]] <br />
*1 January<br />
** [[Sonali Bendre]], actress<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/people/article/10-throwback-photos-of-birthday-girl-sonali-bendre-that-will-make-you-drool-over-her-beauty/340007 |title=10 throwback photos of birthday girl Sonali Bendre that will make you drool over her beauty |website=Times Now News |date=1 January 2019 |language=en-GB |access-date=6 June 2019}}</ref><br />
** [[Kamaal Rashid Khan]], actor and internet celebrity<br />
*2 January {{ndash}} [[Rupal Patel]], actress<br />
*8 January {{ndash}} [[Harris Jayaraj]], film composer.<br />
*[[File:Preity Zinta at an event for ISHKQ IN PARIS.jpg|thumb|165x165px|[[Preity Zinta]]]]31 January – [[Preity Zinta]], actress.<br />
*17 March – [[Puneeth Rajkumar]], actor. (d. 2021).<br />
*[[File:Akshaye Khanna still2.jpg|thumb|167x167px|[[Akshaye Khanna]]]]28 March – [[Akshaye Khanna]], actor and son of [[Vinod Khanna]].<br />
*17 May – [[Dinesh Nayak]], field hockey player.<br />
*26 May – [[Abbas (actor)|Abbas]], actor.<br />
*4 June – Bhuvaneshwari, actress.<br />
*9 June – [[Amisha Patel]], actress.<br />
*[[File:Roopa IPS.jpg|thumb|180x180px|[[ROOPA IPS]]]]8 June – [[Shilpa Shetty]], actress.<br />
*25 June – [[Manoj Kumar Pandey]], Military personnel. (d. 1999).<br />
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===July to December===<br />
*6 July – [[Jeevan (Tamil actor)]]<br />
*12 July – [[D. Roopa]], Police Service officer.<br />
*23 July – [[Suriya]], actor.<br />
*[[File:Mahesh Babu in Spyder.jpg|thumb|180x180px|[[Mahesh Babu]]]]9 August – [[Mahesh Babu]], actor.<br />
*16 September – [[Pushkar Singh Dhami]], Politician and 10th Chief Minister of [[Uttarakhand]] <br />
*28 August – [[Eijaz Khan]], actor.<br />
*28 August – [[Anuj Nayyar]], Military officer. (d. 1999)<br />
*16 October – [[Rajeev Khandelwal]], actor.<br />
*7 November {{ndash}} [[Venkat Prabhu]], film director and actor.<br />
*11 November – [[Diwakar Pundir]], actor.<br />
*[[File:Sushmita Sen1-2.jpg|thumb|155x155px|[[Sushmita Sen]]]]19 November – [[Sushmita Sen]], [[Miss Universe]] 1994, actress.<br />
*9 December – [[Priya Gill]], actress.<br />
*14 December – [[Sukhbir Singh Gill]], field hockey player. (d. 2024)<br />
*15 December – [[Siddhaanth Vir Surryavanshi]], actor (d. 2022)<br />
*21 December – [[Srijato]], poet<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
[[File:Photograph of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan presented to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1962.jpg|thumb|155x155px|<br />
[[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan|Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]]]<br />
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*25 March – [[Deiva Zivarattinam]], politician (b. [[1894]])<br />
*17 April – [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]], philosopher and statesman, first [[Vice President of India]] and second [[President of India]] (b. 1888).<br />
*14 July – [[Madan Mohan (music director)|Madan Mohan]], composer (b. [[1924]])<br />
*13 September – [[Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer]], Carnatic singer and musicologist (b. [[1897]])<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Bollywood films of 1975]]<br />
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{{Years in India}}<br />
{{Year in Asia|1975}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Years of the 20th century in India]]<br />
[[Category:1970s in India]]<br />
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