1983 in India

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See also: 1982 in India, other events of 1983, 1984 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.

Events

• February - Bandit Queen Phoolan Devi surrenders.
• February - Hundreds of people die in Assam as fighting rages in the run up to elections.^[1]

Arts and Literature

• Ardh Satya wins Filmfare Best Movie Award.

Sport

• 25 June - India wins the third Cricket World Cup at Lords under Kapil Dev.

Births

• 6 February - Angad Bedi, actor, model and cricketer.
• 6 February - Sreesanth, cricketer.
• 8 April - Allu Arjun, actor.
• 20 May - N. T. Rama Rao Jr., actor.
• 23 November - Karan Patel, actor.
• 30 November - Nisha Kothari, actress.

Deaths

• 11 June - Ghanshyam Das Birla, businessman (b.1894).
• Fatima Begum, actress and India's first female film director (b.1892).

References