1973 in India

• President of India – V. V. Giri
• Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
• Vice President of India – Gopal Swarup Pathak
• Chief Justice of India – Sarv Mittra Sikri (until 26 April), Ajit Nath Ray (starting 26 April)

• Andhra Pradesh – Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
• Assam – Braj Kumar Nehru (until 19 September), L. P. Singh (starting 19 September)
• Bihar – Dev Kant Baruah (until 4 February), Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare (starting 4 February)
• Gujarat –
• until 17 March: Shriman Narayan
• 17 March-4 April: P.N. Bhagwati
• starting 4 April: Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham
• Haryana – Birendra Narayan Chakraborty
• Himachal Pradesh – S. Chakravarti
• Jammu and Kashmir – Bhagwan Sahay (until 3 July), L. K. Jha (starting 3 July)
• Karnataka – Mohanlal Sukhadia
• Kerala – V. Viswanathan (until 1 April), N. N. Wanchoo (starting 1 April)
• Madhya Pradesh – Satya Narayan Sinha
• Maharashtra – Ali Yavar Jung
• Manipur – B. K. Nehru (until 20 September), L.P. Singh (starting 21 September)
• Meghalaya – B.K. Nehru (until 18 September), L.P. Singh (starting 18 September)
• Nagaland – B.K. Nehru (until 18 September), L.P. Singh (starting 18 September)
• Odisha – Basappa Danappa Jatti
• Punjab – Dadappa Chintappa Pavate (until 21 May), Mahendra Mohan Choudhry (starting 21 May)
• Rajasthan – Sardar Jogendra Singh
• Tamil Nadu – Kodardas Kalidas Shah
• Tripura – B. K. Nehru (until 23 September), L. P. Singh (starting 23 September)
• Uttar Pradesh – Akbar Ali Khan
• West Bengal – Anthony Lancelot Dias

• National income — {{INR}}672,407 million
• 10 January — P. V. Narasimha Rao resigns as Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh following the resignation of ministers from Coastal Andhra post the 1972 Jai Andhra movement.
• 1 April – Government campaign to save the tiger from extinction.
• 24 April –
• Verdict of Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala pronounced. Supreme Court of India upholds basic structure doctrine.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-13|title=Explained: In SC reading of basic structure, the signature of Kesavananda Bharati|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/kesavananda-bharati-case-basic-structure-of-the-constitution-supreme-court-6585110/|access-date=2022-01-16|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Austin |first=Granville |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r42bAAAAMAAJ |title=Working a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1999 |isbn=0195648889 |pages=264 |language=en}}
• Chipko movement in Garhwal division against logging under the leadership of Chandi Prasad Bhatt.{{Cite web |last=FRONTLINE |first=TEAM |date=2022-08-14 |title=1973: Chipko movement starts |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/india-at-75-epochal-moments-1973-chipko-movement-starts/article65722688.ece |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Frontline |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2018-03-26 |title=What is the Chipko movement? |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/what-is/what-is-the-chipko-movement-google-doodle-5111644/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
• 24 May — Provincial Armed Constabulary revolt in Lucknow claims more than 40 lives.{{Cite news |date=2018-06-01 |title=When LU became ground zero for PAC revolt |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/when-lu-became-ground-zero-for-pac-revolt/articleshow/64417667.cms |access-date=2023-10-23 |issn=0971-8257}}{{Cite news |date=1973-05-24 |title=Death Toll Is 40 in Indian State As Revolt by Police Continues |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/05/24/archives/death-toll-is-40-in-indian-state-as-revolt-by-police-continues.html |access-date=2023-10-23 |issn=0362-4331}}
• 31 May – Indian Airlines Flight 440 crash at Palam International Airport killing 48 of the 65 on board.{{Cite web |title=Lodi News-Sentinel – Google News Archive Search |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_pszAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zTIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=5529,2776816&dq=new+delhi+indian+airlines+crash&hl=en |access-date=2022-01-24 |website=news.google.com}}
• 27 October — Indira Gandhi inaugurates world's first Women Police Station in the world at Kozhikode.{{Cite news |last= |first=|date=2023-10-17 |title=Asia’s first women’s police station, in Kozhikode, set to celebrate golden jubilee |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/asias-first-womens-police-station-in-kozhikode-set-to-celebrate-golden-jubilee/article67430281.ece |access-date=2023-10-23 |issn=0971-751X}}
• 1 November – State of Mysore is renamed Karnataka State.{{Cite web |title=What happened in 1973? |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-what-happened-in-1973-2138759 |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=DNA India |language=en}}
• 12 November — Bharatiya Jana Sangh leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee and two other leaders drove a Bullock cart to the Parliament of India on the first day of winter session to protest against fuel price hike in India following the oil crisis.{{Cite news |date=1973-11-13 |title=BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT ASSAIL MRS. GANDHI |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/11/13/archives/both-right-and-left-assail-mrs-gandhi.html |access-date=2023-10-23 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |date=2018-08-16 |title=Photos: When Vajpayee arrived in Parliament on a bullock cart, and more |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/india-news/photos-former-prime-minister-atal-bihari-vajpayee-dies-at-93/photo-09LU3euLsaKffSdawR6lyO.html |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}
• 27 November — Aruna Shanbaug case.

Foreign Exchange Regulation Act was passed.

Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) was enacted.

• 4 January – D. J. Gokulakrishnan, cricketer. (d. 2023)
• 5 January – Uday Chopra, actor.
• File:Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid at play.jpg]]11 January – Rahul Dravid, cricketer.
• 12 January – Saakshi Tanwar, actress.
• 20 February – Priyanshu Chatterjee, film actor, previously model.
• 14 March {{ndash}} Rohit Shetty, film director.
• 20 March – Arjun Atwal, golfer.
• 3 April {{ndash}} Prabhu Deva, actor, choreographer and director.
• 6 April – Prashanth, actor.
• File:Sachin Tendulkar at MRF Promotion Event.jpg]]24 April – Sachin Tendulkar, cricketer.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/story/sachin-tendulkar-birthday-turns-46-1508795-2019-04-24 |date=24 April 2019 |title=Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar: Master Blaster turns 46 |magazine=India Today |access-date=11 May 2019}}
• 26 April {{ndash}} Samuthirakani, actor and film director.
• 1 May – Diana Hayden, Miss World and actress
• File:Leander Paes (19209244146).jpg]]17 June – Leander Paes, tennis player.
• 13 June – Arunabha Sengupta, novelist and sports writer
• 18 June – Baljit Singh Dhillon, field hockey player.
• 29 June – Samir Choughule, actor and writer

• 30 July {{ndash}} Sonu Sood, actor and philanthropist.
• 1 September – Ram Kapoor, actor.
• 5 October – Vishwas Nangare Patil, Indian police officer.
• 10 October {{ndash}} S. S. Rajamouli, film director.
• File:Aishwarya International Dance Congress Meet.jpg]]1 November – Aishwarya Rai, actress.
• 27 November – Satyendra Dubey, LATE Indian Engineering Service (IES) officer. (d. 2003)

• 31 May – Mohan Kumaramangalam, politician.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lUpQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ulcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5720,127936&dq=new+delhi+indian+airlines+crash&hl=en 3 Americans survive, but 4 die in New Delhi crash]
• 14 October – Siddavanahalli Krishna Sarma, writer, translator, freedom fighter, journalist, social worker and educationist (b. 1904)
• 20 November – Prabodhankar Thackeray, Politician, Social Activist in the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement, Author (b. 1885)
• 24 December - Periyar social reformer who started Self-Respect Movement and laid the rock bed of Dravidian movement.(b.1879)
• 30 December – V. Nagayya, actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer (b. 1904).

• List of Bollywood films of 1973

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