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. September - Appiko Movement led by Panduranga Hegde in Uttara Kannada. 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 24 January D. Imman, film composer and singer. 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 16 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). 28 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. 27 November - Suresh Raina, cricketer. 30 November – Nisha Kothari, actress.
Deaths 11 June – Ghanshyam Das Birla, businessman (born 1894). 17 November – E. P. Poulose, politician (born 1909).
Date unknown Fatma Begum, actress and India's first female film director (born 1892). V. Ishwaraiah, pharmacology professor (born 1898).
References
See also List of Bollywood films of 1983