1972 in India

Events in the year 1972 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

 * President of India – V. V. Giri
 * Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
 * Vice President of India – Gopal Swarup Pathak
 * Chief Justice of India – Sarv Mittra Sikri

Governors

 * Andhra Pradesh – Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
 * Assam – Braj Kumar Nehru
 * Bihar – Dev Kant Baruah
 * Gujarat – Shriman Narayan
 * Haryana – Birendra Narayan Chakraborty
 * Himachal Pradesh – S. Chakravarti
 * Jammu and Kashmir – Bhagwan Sahay
 * Karnataka – Dharma Vira (until 1 February), Mohanlal Sukhadia (starting 1 February)
 * Kerala – V. Viswanathan
 * Madhya Pradesh – Satya Narayan Sinha
 * Maharashtra – Ali Yavar Jung
 * Manipur – B. K. Nehru (starting 21 January)
 * Meghalaya – B.K. Nehru
 * Nagaland – B.K. Nehru
 * Odisha –
 * until 30 June: Shaukatullah Shah Ansari
 * 1 July-8 November: Sardar Yojendra Singh
 * starting 8 November: Basappa Danappa Jatti
 * Punjab – Dadappa Chintappa Pavate
 * Rajasthan – Sardar Hukam Singh (until 1 July), Sardar Jogendra Singh (starting 1 July)
 * Tamil Nadu – Kodardas Kalidas Shah
 * Tripura – B. K. Nehru
 * Uttar Pradesh –
 * until 30 June: Bezawada Gopala Reddy
 * 1 July-13 November: Shashi Kant Varma
 * starting 14 November: Akbar Ali Khan
 * West Bengal – Anthony Lancelot Dias

Events

 * National income - ₹552,453 million

January - June

 * 21 January – Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya gets statehood.
 * 19 March – India and Bangladesh sign a friendship treaty, after the withdrawal of the Indian troops.
 * 14 June - Japan Air Lines Flight 471 crashed at Palam, Delhi killing 82 of the 87 on board.
 * 26 June - Reserve Bank of India fixes buying and selling rates of Pound sterling with Indian rupee at £5.2910 and £5.2632 per Rs. 100 following the Government of the United Kingdom decision to float Pound sterling on 23 June. However the central rate remain unchanged at £5.2721 per Rs. 100.

July - December

 * 2 July – Following Pakistan's surrender to India in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, both nations sign the historic bilateral Simla Agreement, agreeing to settle their disputes peacefully.
 * 4 July - Reserve Bank of India revises buying and selling rates of Pound sterling with Indian rupee at £5.3333 and £5.3050 per Rs. 100 and kept central rates unchanged.
 * 10 July – A stampede of elephants kills 24 people in the Chandaka Forest, Orissa.
 * August - Expulsion of Indians from Uganda
 * 17 October - M. G. Ramachandran, forms the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam by splitting from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam starting a new phase in Dravidian movement.
 * 19 October - Indian businessman Jayanti Dharma Teja sentenced to three year imprisonment for falsification of accounts of Jayanti Shipping Company.
 * 15 November - Jharkhand Mukti Morcha was formed for independent statehood of Jharkhand from Bihar on birthday of Birsa Munda

Law

 * 5 April - Armed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Special Powers (Amendment) Act amended to include new states and union territories of Northeast India.
 * 15 August - Postal Index Number (PIN Code) introduced in India.
 * 9 September - Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 enacted.
 * 31 October – Supreme Court of India began hearing of Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala case.

Births

 * The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.jpg]]24 February – Pooja Bhatt, actress, producer and director.
 * 28 March – Eby J. Jose, journalist and human rights activist
 * 15 April – Mandira Bedi, actress, model and television presenter.
 * 20 April – Mamta Kulkarni, actress.
 * 17 May – T. Udhayachandran, IAS.
 * 25 May - Karan Johar,actor,host,director and producer.
 * Sundar Pichai - 2023 (cropped).jpg June – [[Sundar Pichai]], CEO Alphabet Inc.
 * JohnAbraham.jpg]]Sourav Ganguly crop.jpg July – [[Sourav Ganguly]], cricketer.
 * 28 July – Ayesha Jhulka, actress.
 * 17 November – Roja Selvamani, actress and politician.
 * 18 November – Zubeen Garg, Indian singer and actor
 * Udhayachandran T.jpg]]17 December – John Abraham, actor.
 * 21 December – Jagan Mohan Reddy, politician.
 * 26 December – Hari Gopalakrishnan, film director.

Deaths

 * 31 March – Meena Kumari, actress (b. 1932).
 * 14 April – George Reddy, Student and PDSU leader at OU campus Hyderabad (b. 1947).
 * 29 May – Prithviraj Kapoor, actor and director (b. 1906).
 * 20 July – Geeta Dutt, playback singer (b. 1930).
 * 24 August – Venkatarama Ramalingam Pillai, freedom fighter and Tamil poet (b. 1888).