1983 in India

Events in the year 1983 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

Andhra Pradesh – K. C. Abraham (until 15 August), Thakur Ram Lal (starting 15 August)
Assam – Prakash Mehrotra
Bihar – Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
Gujarat – Sharda Mukherjee (until 6 August), K.M. Chandy (starting 6 August)
Haryana – Ganpatrao Devji Tapase
Himachal Pradesh – A. K. Banerjee (until 15 April), Hokishe Sema (starting 15 April)
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 (until 17 August), Bishambhar Nath Pande (starting 17 August)
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 (until 10 October), Anant Prasad Sharma (starting 10 October)

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.
September - Appiko Movement led by Panduranga Hegde in Uttara Kannada.
November - The first Ekatmata Yatras held by Vishva Hindu Parishad.

24 January D. Imman, film composer and singer.
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
thumb|142x142px|[[Katrina Kaif]]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 (died 2013).
thumb|135x135px|[[Dhanush]]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.