1982 in India
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Events in the year 1982 in the Republic of India
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India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Incumbents
- President of IndiaPresident of IndiaThe President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...
– Neelam Sanjiva ReddyNeelam Sanjiva ReddyNeelam Sanjiva Reddy was the sixth President of India, serving from 1977 to 1982 and was the only person to be elected President of India unopposed....
until July 25, Zail SinghZail SinghGiani Zail Singh was an Indian politician and member of the Congress Party. He served as the seventh President of India.His term was marked by Operation Blue Star, the assassination of Indira Gandhi, and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. He died of injuries in 1994 after a car accident.-Early Life:He... - Prime Minister of IndiaPrime Minister of IndiaThe Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India — Prime Minister for the Union, is the chief of government, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament...
– Indira GandhiIndira GandhiIndira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...
Events
- April - INSAT-1A launched; deactivated in September.
- July - NABARD establishment
Births
- 15 January - Neil MukeshNeil MukeshNeil Nitin Mukesh Chand Mathur , known professionally as Neil Nitin Mukesh or Neil Mukesh, is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films...
, actor. - 28 April - Koyel MullickKoyel MullickKoyel Mallick is an Indian actress who appears in Bengali and Tollywood films. She is a daughter of Bengali actor Ranjit Mullick.-Early life:Mallick was born in Kolkata, West Bengal to Bengali actor Ranjit Mullick and his wife Deepa. Mallick has a B.Sc...
, actress. - 5 May - Sandeep BaswanaSandeep Baswana-Early life and education:Sandeep Baswana was born in Haryana, India into Baswan/Baswana Hindu Jat family and raised in various parts of Northern India. He came to Mumbai in hope of becoming a director after graduating with an MBA in 1998 from IMT Ghaziabad. After a few modeling assignments for...
, actor. - 24 May - Kanchi KaulKanchi KaulKanchi Kaul is a TV actor born on May 24, 1982. She is best known for her roles in Indian Television including the role of Ananya Sachdev-Samarth in the show Ek Ladki Anjaani Si, she was later replaced by Sai Ananad and the role of Suhana in the show Bhabhi on Star Plus. She also played the role...
, actress. - 3 July - Kanika SubramaniamKanika SubramaniamDivya Venkatasubramaniam , best known by her stage name Kanika, is an Indian film actress, occasional dubbing artist, playback singer, and TV anchor. Making her debut in the 2002 Tamil film Five Star, she went on to work in other South Indian film industries, including Telugu, Malayalam and...
, actress. - 18 July - Priyanka ChopraPriyanka ChopraPriyanka Chopra is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000. She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film...
, actress, Miss WorldMiss WorldThe Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...
2000. - 14 August - Jennifer KotwalJennifer KotwalJennifer Dinshaw Kotwal is a Parsi model and actress from Mumbai, India. She went to school at Villa Teresa High School in Mumbai, and completed her studies with a degree in Economics at HR College, also in Mumbai....
, actress. - 28 August - PrasannaPrasanna (actor)Prasanna is an Indian actor in the Tamil film industry. He made his debut in Five Star in 2002, which was produced by Mani Ratnam. Apart from lead roles, he has also played supporting roles. His film Achchamundu! Achchamundu!, in which he starred alongside Sneha and American actor John Shea, was...
, actor. - 11 September - Shriya SaranShriya SaranShriya Saran , also known by the mononym Shriya, is an Indian film actress and model. She has worked in several of the regional industries of Indian cinema, having acted in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi language films, as well as a few films in English, Malayalam and Kannada...
, actress. - 28 September - Ranbir KapoorRanbir KapoorRanbir Kapoor is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood movies.Making his acting debut in the 2007 film Saawariya, for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut, Kapoor went on to earn critical praise for his performance in Wake Up Sid...
, actor. - 16 October - Prithviraj SukumaranPrithviraj SukumaranPrithviraj Sukumaran credited mononymously as Prithviraj, is an Indian film actor and producer best known for his work in Malayalam cinema....
actor - 21 November - Aarti Chhabria, actress and model.
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- Akshay KapoorAkshay KapoorAkshay Kapoor is an Indian actor.-Biography:Akshay was born on 18 September 1980 in India and moved to the United States when he was 6 months old. He spent his childhood and teens in Pittsgrove, New Jersey and trained as a theatre actor having appeared in some Broadway plays...
, actor. - Allari NareshAllari NareshAllari Naresh is an Indian film actor who stars in Tollywood films. He is the son of Telugu veteran director and producer EVV Satyanarayana. He got the tag Allari before his name after the success of his first film. But his debut film in Tamil, Kurumbu which was a remake of Allari.-Film...
, actor. - Anurag SinhaAnurag SinhaAnurag Sinha is an actor from India. He has made entry into Bollywood by acting in Black & White. Anurag did his schooling from Scindia School, Gwalior and his graduation in Chemistry from St. Stephen's College in Delhi...
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Deaths
- 3 August - Tribhuvan Narain SinghTribhuvan Narain SinghTribhuvan Narain Singh was a Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.He remained Chief Minister from 18 October 1970 till 4 April 1971.Singh later served as governor of West Bengal from the late 1970s until 1981...
, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (b.19041904 in India-Births:*28 March - Chittor V. Nagaiah, actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer .*8 August - Tribhuvan Narain Singh, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh ....
). - 15 November - Vinoba BhaveVinoba BhaveVinoba Bhave , born Vinayak Narahari Bhave often called Acharya , was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. He is best known for the Bhoodan Andolan...
, freedom fighter and teacher (b.18951895 in India-Births:*12 January — Yellapragada Subbarao, medical scientist .*1 September — Chembai, Carnatic music singer .*11 September — Vinoba Bhave, freedom fighter and teacher ....
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See also
- Bollywood films of 1982Bollywood films of 1982A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1982:-Highest grossing:The top forty two grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1982:The last three were declared flops and the rest were declared superhits-External links:...