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 – S. M. Sikri
Governors Andhra Pradesh – Khandubhai Kasanji Desai Assam – Braj Kumar Nehru Bihar – D. K. Barooah Gujarat – Shriman Narayan Haryana – Birendra Narayan Chakraborty Himachal Pradesh – S. Chakravarti Jammu and Kashmir – Bhagwan Sahay Karnataka – Dharma Vira (until 1 February), Mohan Lal Sukhadia (starting 1 February) Kerala – V. Viswanathan Madhya Pradesh – Satya Narayan Sinha Maharashtra – Ali Yavar Jung Manipur – Braj Kumar Nehru (starting 21 January) Meghalaya – Braj Kumar Nehru Nagaland – Braj Kumar Nehru Odisha – until 30 June: Shaukatullah Shah Ansari 1 July-8 November: Sardar Yojendra Singh starting 8 November: B. D. Jatti Punjab – Dadappa Chintappa Pavate Rajasthan – Sardar Hukam Singh (until 1 July), Sardar Jogendra Singh (starting 1 July) Tamil Nadu – Kodardas Kalidas Shah Tripura – Braj Kumar 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. 26 March – Mathura rape case. 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 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. 10 June – Sundar Pichai, CEO Alphabet Inc. 8 July – Sourav Ganguly, cricketer. 28 July – Ayesha Jhulka, actress. 17 November Roja Selvamani, actress and politician. 18 November – Zubeen Garg, Indian singer and actor 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).
See also List of Bollywood films of 1972
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