1952 in India

Incumbents

• President of India – Rajendra Prasad
• Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
• Vice President of India - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
• Chief Justice of India – M. Patanjali Sastri

  Governors

• Assam –
• Bihar –
• Maharashtra –
• Odisha –
• Punjab –
• Rajasthan –
• Tamil Nadu –
• Telangana –
• Uttar Pradesh –
• West Bengal –

  Events

• 17 April – Membership of the first lok sabha starts.
• 13 May – Jawaharlal Nehru forms his first government.
• 13 May – First Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha session commenced.
• 15 May – G.V. Mavlankar handles the charge as Lok Sabha Speaker.
• 30 May – M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar handles the charge as Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker.
• The first general election is held. The Indian National Congress headed by Jawaharlal Nehru sweeps into power.

  Births

• 18 January – Veerappan, bandit.
• 19 March – Mohan Babu, actor, producer and politician.
• 25 April – Brij Narayan, sarod player
• 30 May – Ambareesh, actor and politician.
• 20 June – Vikram Seth, poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist.
• 23 June – Raj Babbar, actor.
• 4 September – Rishi Kapoor, actor.
• 17 September- Narendra Modi, Indian prime minister
• 28 December- Hemant Shesh Hindi poet, editor, art critic

  Full date unknown

• Urvashi Butalia, historian, feminist, and publisher.
• Daisy Irani, actress.
• Deepak Kumar, historian and philosopher of science.

  Deaths

• 7 March – Paramahansa Yogananda, yogi and guru.
• Rashid Jahan, author, short story writer and playwright.