1975 in India

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

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

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.

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.

thumb|160x160px|[[Suriya]]
1 January
Sonali Bendre, actress
Kamaal Rashid Khan, actor and internet celebrity
2 January Rupal Patel, actress
8 January Harris Jayaraj, film composer.
thumb|165x165px|[[Preity Zinta]]31 January – Preity Zinta, actress.
17 March – Puneeth Rajkumar, actor. (d. 2021).
thumb|167x167px|[[Akshaye Khanna]]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.
thumb|180x180px|[[ROOPA IPS]]8 June – Shilpa Shetty, actress.
25 June – Manoj Kumar Pandey, Military personnel. (d. 1999).

6 July – Jeevan (Tamil actor)
12 July – D. Roopa, Police Service officer.
23 July – Suriya, actor.
thumb|180x180px|[[Mahesh Babu]]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.
thumb|155x155px|[[Sushmita Sen]]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

[[File:Photograph of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan presented to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1962.jpg|thumb|155x155px|

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]

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).
14 July – Madan Mohan, composer (b. 1924)
13 September – Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer, Carnatic singer and musicologist (b. 1897)