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.

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
27 November- Suresh Raina [Cricketer]
 * 24 January – D. Imman, film composer and singer.
 * Simbu At The Inimey Ippadithaan Audio Launch.jpg]]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
 * Katrina Kaif in 2018.jpg 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).
 * Dhanush at VIP 2 Success Meet.jpg 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).