1982 in India

Incumbents

National income - Template:INR1,932,546 million
March 5 - Gonda Encounter.^[1]
April – INSAT-1A launched; deactivated in September.
April 7 - Charan Singh announces retirement from active politics.^[2]^[3]
April 25 - Doordarshan begins testing of Color television broadcast in India.^[4]
April 30 - Bijon Setu massacre seventeen Ananda Margis were set ablaze at Bijon Setu in Dhakuria in south Kolkata. No one has been convicted of the murders.^[5]^[6]
May 29 - Government of India announced setting up of a permanent and integrated Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala (hill, Kannur).
July 12 – NABARD established through act of Parliament following B. Sivaraman Committee recommendation.
September 1 - Vypeen alcohol poisonings.
September 16 - Future Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh becomes Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

15 January – Neil Nitin Mukesh, actor.
15 February Template:Ndash Meera Jasmine, actress.
13 March Template:Ndash Darbuka Siva, percussionist and composer.
28 March Template:Ndash Sonia Agarwal, actress.
8 April Template:Ndash Allu Arjun, actor.
28 April – Koyel Mullick, actress.
19 May – R. K. Suresh, actor and producer.
24 May – Kanchi Kaul, actress.
12 June – Shailaja Pujari, weightlifter^[7]
30 June – Allari Naresh, actor.
3 July – Kanika Subramaniam, actress.
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Priyanka Chopra
18 July – Priyanka Chopra, actress, Miss World 2000.
8 August Template:Ndash Fahadh Faasil, actor.
28 August – Prasanna, actor.
4 September – Gaurav Gogoi, politician.
11 September – Shriya Saran, actress,
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Prithviraj Sukumaran
28 September – Ranbir Kapoor, actor
12 October – Hanif Kureshi, artist and designer (d. 2024)
16 October – Prithviraj Sukumaran actor,
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Mary Kom
21 November – Aarti Chhabria, actress and model.
24 November – Mary Kom, boxer^[8]
8 December Template:Ndash Pa. Ranjith, film director.
10 December Template:Ndash Shiva, actor, comedian, radio jockey, and dialogue writer.
14 December Template:Ndash Aadhi Pinisetty, actor.
15 December Template:Ndash Shefali Jariwala, actress and model (d. 2025)

11 January – Manya Surve, Indian urban dacoit and gangster in the Mumbai underworld (born 1944).
3 August – Tribhuvan Narain Singh, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (born 1904).
2 October – C.D. Deshmukh, Minister of Finance and first Governor of the Reserve bank of India (b.1896)
15 November – Vinoba Bhave, freedom fighter and teacher (born 1895).