1972 in India

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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1972 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents[edit]

President of India – V. V. Giri
Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
Chief Justice of India – Sarv Mittra Sikri

Governors[edit]

Events[edit]

21 January – Manipur gets statehood.
19 March – India and Bangladesh sign a friendship treaty, after the withdrawal of the Indian troops.
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.
10 July – A stampede of elephants kills 24 people in the Chandka Forest.
Armed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Special Powers (Amendment) Act, 1972
15 August 1972 Pincode (postal index Number- PIN) Introduced in India
9 September 1972 wild life protection Act.
17 October 1972 M.G.Ramachandran, forms the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ( AIADMK ), paving new path in Tamil Nadu politics.

Births[edit]

Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
24 February – Pooja Bhatt, actress, producer and director.
28 March – Eby J. Jose, journalist and human rights activist
15 April – Mandira Bedi, actress, model and television presenter.
20 April – Mamta Kulkarni, actress.
17 May – T. Udhayachandran, IAS.
John Abraham

Sourav Ganguly
8 July – Sourav Ganguly, cricketer.^[1]
28 July – Ayesha Jhulka, actress.
T. Udhayachandran
17 December – John Abraham, actor.
21 December – Jagan Mohan Reddy, politician.

Deaths[edit]

31 March – Meena Kumari, actress (b. 1932).
14 April – George Reddy, Student and PDSU leader at OU campus Hyderabad (b. 1947)
29 May – Prithviraj Kapoor, actor and director (b. 1906)
20 July – Geeta Dutt, playback singer (b. 1930).

References[edit]

↑ "Sourav Ganguly". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

[1] "Sourav Ganguly". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

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