1972 in India

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{{Year in India|1972}}

Events in the year 1972 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

=Governors=

Events

  • National income - {{INR}}552,453 million

= January - June =

= 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.{{Cite web |title=July 10 in history: Martin Luther King Jr. arrested, mass killing of stampeding elephants, and more |url=https://www.wionews.com/photos/july-10-in-history-martin-luther-king-jr-arrested-mass-killing-of-stampeding-elephants-and-more-397113 |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=WION |language=en}}
  • 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.{{Cite news|last=Ramakrishnan|first=T.|date=2021-10-18|title=A look at the events leading up to the birth of AIADMK|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/a-look-at-the-events-leading-up-to-the-birth-of-aiadmk/article37046741.ece|access-date=2022-01-16|issn=0971-751X}}
  • 19 October - Indian businessman Jayanti Dharma Teja sentenced to three year imprisonment for falsification of accounts of Jayanti Shipping Company.{{Cite web |date=24 July 1983 |first=Sumit |last=Mitra |title=Jayanti Dharma Teja: An unheralded comeback |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19830331-jayanti-dharma-teja-an-unheralded-comeback-770561-2013-07-24 |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=India Today |language=en}}
  • 15 November - Jharkhand Mukti Morcha was formed for independent statehood of Jharkhand from Bihar on birthday of Birsa Munda

Law

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See also

References

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