1952 in India

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See also:	List of years in India; Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1952 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

17 April – Membership of the first lok sabha starts.
13 May – Jawaharlal Nehru forms his first government.
13 May – First Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha session commenced.
15 May – G.V. Mavlankar handles the charge as Lok Sabha Speaker.
30 May – M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar handles the charge as Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker.
The first general election is held. The Indian National Congress headed by Jawaharlal Nehru sweeps into power.

18 January – Veerappan, bandit (died 2004).
19 March – Mohan Babu, actor, producer and politician.
31 March – Letika Saran, former Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu, India.
25 April – Brij Narayan, sarod player
30 May – Ambareesh, actor and politician. (died 2018)
20 June – Vikram Seth, poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist.
23 June – Raj Babbar, actor.
27 June – Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty, banker (died 2021)
29 July - Harshad Mehta, stockbroker (died 2001)
4 September – Rishi Kapoor, actor. (died 2020)
15 September – K. Vijay Kumar, retired IPS officer.
18 December - Noor Alam Khalil Amini, Sunni Muslim scholar (died 2021)
28 December - Hemant Shesh Hindi poet, editor, art critic