1975 in India
Appearance
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Events in the year1975 in the Republic of India.
Sports
[edit]- India won the Men'sHockey World Cupfirst time. It was held inKuala Lumpur,Malaysia[citation needed]
Incumbents
[edit]- President of India–Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
- Prime Minister of India–Indira Gandhi
- Vice President of India–B.D. Jatti
- Chief Justice of India–Ajit Nath Ray
Governors
[edit]- Andhra Pradesh–Khandubhai Kasanji Desai(until 25 January),S. Obul Reddy(starting 25 January)
- Assam–L. P. Singh
- Bihar–Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare
- Gujarat–Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham
- Haryana–Birendra Narayan Chakraborty(until 27 March),Birendra Narayan Chakraborty(starting 27 March)
- Himachal Pradesh– S. Chakravarti
- Jammu and Kashmir–L. K. Jha
- Karnataka–Mohanlal Sukhadia(until 10 January),Uma Shankar Dikshit(starting 10 January)
- Kerala–N. N. Wanchoo
- Madhya Pradesh–Satya Narayan Sinha
- Maharashtra–Ali Yavar Jung
- Manipur–L.P. Singh
- Meghalaya–L.P. Singh
- Nagaland–L.P. Singh
- Odisha–Akbar Ali Khan
- Punjab–Mahendra Mohan Choudhry
- Rajasthan–Sardar Jogendra Singh
- Sikkim–Bipen Behari Lal(starting 18 May)
- Tamil Nadu–Kodardas Kalidas Shah
- Tripura–L. P. Singh
- Uttar Pradesh–Akbar Ali Khan
- West Bengal–Anthony Lancelot Dias
Events
[edit]- National income -₹852,124 million
- 19 January – The 6.8 Ms Kinnaur earthquakeshook northern India with a maximumMercalli intensityof IX (Violent). Forty-seven people were killed.
- 19 March –Indira Gandhibecame the firstPrime Minister of Indiato testify in a court. She appeared beforeAllahabad High CourtinState of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Naraincase.[1]
- 10 April -State Council (Sikkim)unanimously voted to abolishMonarchyofChogyaland merge withIndia.[2]
- 14 April -1975 Sikkimese monarchy referendumheld and obtained 97.75%approval.
- 19 April – The first Indiansatellite,Aryabhata,goes into Earth's orbit.
- 21 April -Farakka BarrageacrossGangescommissioned inWest Bengal.
- 12 June – JusticeJagmohanlal SinhadeclaredPM Indira Gandhi'selection to parliament fromRae Bareli (Lok Sabha constituency)in1971 Indian general electionnull and void.[3]
- 25 June – Astate of emergencyis declared byPrime MinisterIndira Gandhiduring which the press is censored and 100,000 are jailed.
- 27 December – TheChasnala mining disasterkills 375 people when an explosion in a coal mine causes catastrophic flooding.
Law
[edit]- 25 April -Kerala Legislative Assemblypassed the Kerala Scheduled Tribes (Restriction on Transfer of Lands and Restoration of Alienated Lands) Act, 1975, for restoring land rights to tribals.[4]
- 15 May – 35thamendment of the Constitution of Indiaratifies statehood forSikkimand deposing ofChogyalmonarchy.
Births
[edit]January to June
[edit]- 1 January
- Sonali Bendre,actress[5]
- Kamaal Rashid Khan,actor and internet celebrity
- 2 January –Rupal Patel,actress
- 8 January –Harris Jayaraj,film composer.
- 31 January –Preity Zinta,actress.
- 17 March –Puneeth Rajkumar,actor. (d. 2021).
- 28 March –Akshaye Khanna,actor and son ofVinod Khanna.
- 17 May –Dinesh Nayak,field hockey player.
- 26 May –Abbas,actor.
- 4 June –Bhuvaneshwari,actress.
- 8 June –Shilpa Shetty,actress.
- 25 June –Manoj Kumar Pandey,Military personnel. (d. 1999).
July to December
[edit]- 6 July –Jeevan (Tamil actor)
- 12 July –D. Roopa,Police Service officer.
- 23 July –Suriya,actor.
- 9 August –Mahesh Babu,actor.
- 16 September –Pushkar Singh Dhami,Politician and 10th Chief Minister ofUttarakhand
- 28 August –Eijaz Khan,actor.
- 28 August –Anuj Nayyar,Military officer. (d. 1999)
- 16 October –Rajeev Khandelwal,actor.
- 7 November –Venkat Prabhu,film director and actor.
- 11 November –Diwakar Pundir,actor.
- 19 November –Sushmita Sen,Miss Universe1994, actress.
- 9 December –Priya Gill,actress.
- 14 December –Sukhbir Singh Gill,field hockey player. (d. 2024)
- 15 December –Siddhaanth Vir Surryavanshi,actor (d. 2022)
- 21 December –Srijato,poet
Deaths
[edit]- 25 March –Deiva Zivarattinam,politician (b.1894)
- 17 April –Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan,philosopher and statesman, firstVice Presidentof India and secondPresident of India(b. 1888).
- 14 July –Madan Mohan,composer (b.1924)
- 13 September –Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer,Carnatic singer and musicologist (b.1897)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Four reasons why Indira Gandhi declared Emergency".The Indian Express.25 June 2020.Retrieved16 January2022.
- ^"Behind Sikkim's Firm Aversion to a Darjeeling Merger Is Two Centuries of Politics".The Wire.Retrieved17 April2022.
- ^"A judgment of great courage: CJI on Allahabad HC's 1975 verdict disqualifying then PM Indira Gandhi".India Today.Press Trust of India. 12 September 2021.Retrieved17 April2022.
- ^"After Tamil cinema, Malayalam film Pada demands land rights for the oppressed".The News Minute.24 March 2022.Retrieved26 March2022.
- ^"10 throwback photos of birthday girl Sonali Bendre that will make you drool over her beauty".Times Now News.1 January 2019.Retrieved6 June2019.