1983 in India
Events in the year 1983 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
- President of India – Zail Singh
- Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
- Vice President of India – Mohammad Hidayatullah
- Chief Justice of India – Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud
Governors
- Andhra Pradesh – K. C. Abraham, Thakur Ram Lal
- Assam – Prakash Mehrotra
- Bihar – Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
- Gujarat – Sharda Mukherjee, K.M. Chandy
- Haryana – Ganpatrao Devji Tapase
- Himachal Pradesh – A. K. Banerjee, Hokishe Sema
- Jammu and Kashmir – B. K. Nehru
- Karnataka – Ashoknath Banerji
- Kerala – P. Ramachandran
- Madhya Pradesh –
- * until 20 September: B. D. Sharma
- * 20 September-7 October: G. P. Singh
- * starting 7 October: B. D. Sharma
- Maharashtra – Idris Hasan Latif
- Manipur – S. M. H. Burney
- Meghalaya – Prakash Mehrotra
- Nagaland – S. M. H. Burney
- Odisha – Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha, Bishambhar Nath Pande
- Punjab –
- * until 7 February: Marri Chenna Reddy
- * 7 February-21 February: Surjit Singh Sandhawalia
- * 21 February-10 October: Anant Prasad Sharma
- * starting 10 October: Bhairab Dutt Pande
- Rajasthan – Om Prakash Mehra
- Sikkim – Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan
- Tamil Nadu – Sundar Lal Khurana
- Tripura – S. M. H. Burney
- Uttar Pradesh – Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
- West Bengal – Bhairab Dutt Pande, Anant Prasad Sharma
Events
- National income - 2,250,742 million
- February – Bandit queen Phoolan Devi surrenders.
- January - Rail Mazdoor Union formed by George Fernandes.
- 18 February – Nellie massacre: over 2,000 people, mostly Bangladeshi Muslims, were massacred during the Assam agitation.
- 25 June – India wins the cricket World Cup for the first time.
- November - The first Ekatmata Yatras held by Vishva Hindu Parishad.
Arts and literature
Sport
- 25 June – India wins the First Cricket World Cup at Lords under Kapil Dev.
Births
- 24 January D. Imman, film composer and singer.
- 30 January Rohit Bhardwaj, Indian Television Actor
- 6 February – Angad Bedi, actor, model and cricketer.
- 6 February – Sreesanth, cricketer.
- 19 March Karthik Subbaraj, film director and producer.
- 30 March Nithiin, actor and producer
- 4 May Trisha Krishnan, actress.
- 15 May Santhosh Narayanan, music composer and singer.
- 20 May – N. T. Rama Rao Jr., actor.
- 25 May - Kunal Khemu, Actor
- 16 July – Katrina Kaif, actress
- 28 June – Jaiveer Shergill, politician.
- 7 July Rishab Shetty, actor and director.
- 19 July – Sindhu Tolani, actress
- 27 July – Soccor Velho, footballer.
- 28 July Dhanush, actor, producer, lyricist and playback singer.
- 14 August – Jennifer Kotwal, actress.
- 31 August – Ira Singhal, Indian Administrative Service officer.
- 17 September- Sanaya Irani, actress.
- 2 November – Nitin Menon, cricket umpire
- 16 November – Thaman S, music composer and playback singer.
- 23 November – Karan Patel, actor.
- 27 November - Suresh Raina, cricketer.
- 30 November – Nisha Kothari, actress.
Deaths
- 11 June – Ghanshyam Das Birla, businessman.
- 17 November – E. P. Poulose, politician.
Date unknown
- Fatima Begum, actress and India's first female film director.
- V. Ishwaraiah, pharmacology professor.