1972 in India

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Events in the year 1972 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

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

Governors

• Andhra Pradesh –
• Assam –
• Bihar –
• Gujarat –
• Haryana –
• Himachal Pradesh –
• Jammu and Kashmir –
• Karnataka –
• Kerala –
• Madhya Pradesh –
• Maharashtra –
• Manipur –
• Meghalaya –
• Nagaland –
• Odisha –
• Punjab –
• Rajasthan –
• Tamil Nadu –
• Tripura –
• Uttar Pradesh –
• West Bengal –

Events

• 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

• 

  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.
• 28 July – Ayesha Jhulka, actress.

• 

  T. Udhayachandran

  17 December – John Abraham, actor.
• 21 December – Jagan Mohan Reddy, politician.

Deaths

• 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).

See also

• List of Bollywood films of 1972

References

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