1973 in India

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Events in the year 1973 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• President of India – V. V. Giri
• Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi

Events

• 1 April - Government campaign to save the tiger from extinction.
• 1 November - Karnataka State is formed.

Births

January to June

• 5 January - Uday Chopra, actor.
• 11 January - Rahul Dravid, cricketer.
• 12 January - Saakshi Tanwar, actress.
• 6 April - Prashanth Thyagarajan, actor.
• 24 April - Sachin Tendulkar, cricketer.
• 17 June - Leander Paes, tennis player.
• 18 June - Baljit Singh Dhillon, field hockey player.
• 22 June - Devayani, actress.

July to December

• 1 September - Ram Kapoor, actor.
• 1 November - Aishwarya Rai, actress.
• 19 November - Shakeela, actress.
• 17 December - John Abraham, actor.

Full date unknown

• Arunabha Sengupta, novelist.

Deaths

• 30 December - Chittor V. Nagaiah, actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer (b. 1904).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1973