Events in the year 1975 in the Republic of India.
Sports India won the Men's Hockey World Cup first time. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Incumbents 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 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 National income - 852,124 million 19 January – The 6.8 Kinnaur earthquake shook northern India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Forty-seven people were killed. 26 February - Sahitya Akademi recognizes Konkani language. 19 March – Indira Gandhi became the first Prime Minister of India to testify in a court. She appeared before Allahabad High Court in State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain case. 10 April - State Council (Sikkim) unanimously voted to abolish Monarchy of Chogyal and merge with India. 14 April - 1975 Sikkimese monarchy referendum held and obtained 97.75%approval. 19 April – The first Indian satellite, Aryabhata, goes into Earth's orbit. 21 April - Farakka Barrage across Ganges commissioned in West Bengal. 12 June – Justice Jagmohanlal Sinha declared PM Indira Gandhi's election to parliament from Rae Bareli (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1971 Indian general election null and void. 25 June – A state of emergency is declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during which the press is censored and 100,000 are jailed. 27 December – The Chasnala mining disaster kills 375 people when an explosion in a coal mine causes catastrophic flooding.
Law 25 April - Kerala Legislative Assembly passed the Kerala Scheduled Tribes (Restriction on Transfer of Lands and Restoration of Alienated Lands) Act, 1975, for restoring land rights to tribals. 15 May – 35th amendment of the Constitution of India ratifies statehood for Sikkim and deposing of Chogyal monarchy.
Births
January to June
1 January Sonali Bendre, actress 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 of Vinod Khanna. 17 May – Dinesh Nayak, field hockey player. 26 May – Abbas, actor. 4 June – Bhuvaneshwari, actress. 9 June – Amisha Patel, actress. 8 June – Shilpa Shetty, actress. 25 June – Manoj Kumar Pandey, Military personnel. (d. 1999).
July to December 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 of Uttarakhand 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 Universe 1994, 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
25 March – Deiva Zivarattinam, politician (b. 1894) 17 April – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, philosopher and statesman, first Vice President of India and second President of India (b. 1888). 16 May – Gunabai Gadekar, social activist (b. 1906) 14 July – Madan Mohan, composer (b. 1924) 13 September – Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer, Carnatic singer and musicologist (b. 1897)
See also List of Bollywood films of 1975
References