1943 in India
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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1943 in India.
Incumbents[edit]
- Emperor of India – George VI
- Viceroy of India – Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow
- Viceroy of India – The Viscount Wavell (from 1 October)
Events[edit]
- National income - ₹69,247 million
- Bengal famine of 1943
- 10 February – 3 March – Mohandas Gandhi maintains a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment.
- 5 December – The Japanese attack the Port of Kolkata
- 30 December – Subhas Chandra Bose sets up a pro-Japanese Indian government at Port Blair.
Law[edit]
- Reciprocity Act
- War Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Act
Births[edit]
January to June[edit]
- 1 January – Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, scientist.
- 30 March – J. J. Rawal, astrophysicist and scientific educator.
- 25 April — Devika, actress (d. 2002).
- 29 May – Enamul Haque, Bangladeshi actor (d. 2021)
- 2 June – Ilaiyaraaja, film composer, singer and lyricist.
- 7 June - Rayapati Sambasiva Rao, politician and member of parliament from Narasaraopet.
July to December[edit]
- 13 July – E. Harikumar, novelist and short story writer. (died 2020)
- 29 July – Manas Bihari Verma, aeronautical scientist. (died 2021)
- 11 August – Pervez Musharraf, former President of Pakistan.
- 29 August – Vijayakumar, actor.
- 6 September – P. A. Ibrahim Haji, entrepreneur and philanthropist. (died 2021)
- 23 September – Tanuja, actress of Bollywood films & younger sister of Nutan.
- 31 October – G. Madhavan Nair, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation.
- 11 November – Anil Kakodkar, nuclear scientist.
Deaths[edit]
15 June – Kushal Konwar, Indian National Congress President of Golaghat, First martyr of Quit India Movement.
Full date unknown[edit]
- Prameela Devi, actress (died 2002).