1975 in India

Events in the year 1975 in the Republic of India.

Sports

 * India won the Men's Hockey World Cup first time. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Incumbents

 * President of India – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
 * Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
 * Vice President of India – B.D. Jatti
 * Chief Justice of India – Ajit Nath Ray

Governors

 * Andhra Pradesh – Khandubhai Kasanji Desai (until 25 January), S. Obul Reddy (starting 25 January)
 * Assam – L. P. Singh
 * Bihar – Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare
 * Gujarat – Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham
 * Haryana – Birendra Narayan Chakraborty (until 27 March), Birendra Narayan Chakraborty (starting 27 March)
 * Himachal Pradesh – S. Chakravarti
 * Jammu and Kashmir – L. K. Jha
 * Karnataka – Mohanlal Sukhadia (until 10 January), Uma Shankar Dikshit (starting 10 January)
 * Kerala – N. N. Wanchoo
 * Madhya Pradesh – Satya Narayan Sinha
 * Maharashtra – Ali Yavar Jung
 * Manipur – L.P. Singh
 * Meghalaya – L.P. Singh
 * Nagaland – L.P. Singh
 * Odisha – Akbar Ali Khan
 * Punjab – Mahendra Mohan Choudhry
 * Rajasthan – Sardar Jogendra Singh
 * Sikkim – Bipen Behari Lal (starting 18 May)
 * Tamil Nadu – Kodardas Kalidas Shah
 * Tripura – L. P. Singh
 * Uttar Pradesh – Akbar Ali Khan
 * West Bengal – Anthony Lancelot Dias

Events

 * National income - ₹852,124 million
 * 19 January – The 6.8 Kinnaur earthquake shook northern India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Forty-seven people were killed.
 * 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.
 * 10 April - State Council (Sikkim) unanimously voted to abolish Monarchy of Chogyal and merge with India.
 * 14 April - 1975 Sikkimese monarchy referendum held and obtained 97.75%approval.
 * 19 April – The first Indian satellite, Aryabhata, goes into Earth's orbit.
 * 21 April - Farakka Barrage across Ganges commissioned in West Bengal.
 * 12 June – Justice Jagmohanlal Sinha declared PM Indira Gandhi's election to parliament from Rae Bareli (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1971 Indian general election null and void.
 * 25 June – A state of emergency is declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during which the press is censored and 100,000 are jailed.
 * 27 December – The Chasnala mining disaster kills 375 people when an explosion in a coal mine causes catastrophic flooding.

Law

 * 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.
 * 15 May – 35th amendment of the Constitution of India ratifies statehood for Sikkim and deposing of Chogyal monarchy.

January to June

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 * 1 January
 * Sonali Bendre, actress
 * Kamaal Rashid Khan, actor and internet celebrity
 * 2 January – Rupal Patel, actress
 * 8 January – Harris Jayaraj, film composer.
 * Preity Zinta at an event for ISHKQ IN PARIS.jpg January – [[Preity Zinta]], actress.
 * 17 March – Puneeth Rajkumar, actor. (d. 2021).
 * Akshaye Khanna still2.jpg March – [[Akshaye Khanna]], actor and son of Vinod Khanna.
 * 17 May – Dinesh Nayak, field hockey player.
 * 26 May – Abbas, actor.
 * 4 June – Bhuvaneshwari, actress.
 * Roopa IPS.jpg]]8 June – Shilpa Shetty, actress.
 * 25 June – Manoj Kumar Pandey, Military personnel. (d. 1999).

July to December

 * 6 July – Jeevan (Tamil actor)
 * 12 July – D. Roopa, Police Service officer.
 * 23 July – Suriya, actor.
 * Mahesh Babu in Spyder.jpg August – [[Mahesh Babu]], actor.
 * 16 September – Pushkar Singh Dhami, Politician and 10th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
 * 28 August – Eijaz Khan, actor.
 * 28 August – Anuj Nayyar, Military officer. (d. 1999)
 * 16 October – Rajeev Khandelwal, actor.
 * 7 November – Venkat Prabhu, film director and actor.
 * 11 November – Diwakar Pundir, actor.
 * Sushmita Sen1-2.jpg November – [[Sushmita Sen]], Miss Universe 1994, actress.
 * 9 December – Priya Gill, actress.
 * 14 December – Sukhbir Singh Gill, field hockey player. (d. 2024)
 * 15 December – Siddhaanth Vir Surryavanshi, actor (d. 2022)
 * 21 December – Srijato, poet

Deaths



 * 25 March – Deiva Zivarattinam, politician (b. 1894)
 * 17 April – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, philosopher and statesman, first Vice President of India and second President of India (b. 1888).
 * 14 July – Madan Mohan, composer (b. 1924)
 * 13 September – Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer, Carnatic singer and musicologist (b. 1897)