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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 Ms Kinnaur earthquake shook northern India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Forty-seven people were killed.
- 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.[1]
- 10 April - State Council (Sikkim) unanimously voted to abolish Monarchy of Chogyal and merge with India.[2]
- 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.[3]
- 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.[4]
- 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[5]
- 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.
- 8 June – Shilpa Shetty, actress.
ROOPA IPS - 25 June – Manoj Kumar Pandey, Military personnel. (d. 1999).
July to December
- 6 July – Jeevan (Tamil actor)
- 12 July – D. Roopa, Police Service.
- 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.
- 15 December – Siddhaanth Vir Surryavanshi, actor (d. 2022)
- 21 December – Srijato, poet
Deaths
- 17 April – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, philosopher and statesman, first Vice President of India and second President of India (b. 1888).
See also
References
- ↑ "Four reasons why Indira Gandhi declared Emergency". The Indian Express. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ↑ "Behind Sikkim's Firm Aversion to a Darjeeling Merger Is Two Centuries of Politics". The Wire. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ↑ "A judgment of great courage: CJI on Allahabad HC's 1975 verdict disqualifying then PM Indira Gandhi". India Today. Press Trust of India. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ↑ "After Tamil cinema, Malayalam film Pada demands land rights for the oppressed". The News Minute. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ↑ "10 throwback photos of birthday girl Sonali Bendre that will make you drool over her beauty". Times Now News. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
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