1972 in India

Incumbents

• President of India – V. V. Giri
• Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
• Chief Justice of India – Sarv Mittra Sikri

  Governors

• Assam –
• Bihar –
• Gujarat –
• Haryana –
• Himachal Pradesh –
• Jammu and Kashmir –
• Karnataka –
• Kerala –
• Madhya Pradesh –
• Maharashtra –
• Manipur –
• Meghalaya –
• Nagaland –
• Odisha –
• Punjab –
• Rajasthan –
• Tamil Nadu –
• Telangana –
• Tripura –
• Uttar Pradesh –
• West Bengal –

  Events

• 21 January – Manipur gets statehood.
• 19 March – India and Bangladesh sign a friendship treaty, after the withdrawal of the Indian troops.
• 2 July – Following Pakistan's surrender to India in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, both nations sign the historic bilateral Simla Agreement, agreeing to settle their disputes peacefully.
• 10 July – A stampede of elephants kills 24 people in the Chandka Forest.
• Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1972
• 15 August 1972 Pincode Introduced in India
• 9 September 1972 wild life protection Act.
• 17 October 1972 M.G.Ramachandran, forms the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, paving new path in Tamilnadu politics.

  Births

• 24 February – Pooja Bhatt, actress, producer and director.
• 15 April – Mandira Bedi, actress, model and television presenter.
• 20 April – Mamta Kulkarni, actress.
• 8 July – Sourav Ganguly, cricketer.

  Deaths

• 31 March – Meena Kumari, actress.
• 14 April - George Reddy, Student and PDSU leader at OU campus Hyderabad
• 29 May - Prithviraj Kapoor, actor and director
• 20 July – Geeta Dutt, playback singer.