1952 in India

Centuries:	18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; ;
Decades:	1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s;
See also:	List of years in India; Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1952 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents edit

21 February - 1951–52 Indian general election concludes.
3 April - Rajya Sabha constituted with 216 members and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan as the Chairman of Rajya Sabha. 12 members were nominated by the President of India and remaining were elected through 1952 Indian Rajya Sabha elections.
15 April - The Indian National Congress headed by Jawaharlal Nehru sweeps into power.
17 April – Membership of the 1st 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 Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
30 May – M. A. Ayyangar handles the charge as Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker.

01 January - Shaji N.Karun,Filmmaker,Producer
18 January – Veerappan, bandit (died 2004).
21 January – Pradeep Rawat, actor.
3 February – Deepti Naval, actress.
14 February – Sushma Swaraj, politician (died 2019)
19 March – Mohan Babu, actor, producer and politician.
31 March – Letika Saran, former Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu, India.
1 April – Venki Ramakrishnan, biologist
25 April – Brij Narayan, sarod player
30 May – Ambareesh, actor and politician. (died 2018)
20 June – Vikram Seth, poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist.
23 June – Raj Babbar, actor.
27 June – Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty, banker (died 2021)
29 July – Harshad Mehta, stockbroker (died 2001)
25 August – Vijayakanth, actor and politician (died 2023)
4 September – Rishi Kapoor, actor. (died 2020)
15 September – K. Vijay Kumar, retired IPS officer.
26 November – Munawwar Rana, poet (died 2024)
13 December – Lakshmi, actress.
18 December – Noor Alam Khalil Amini, Sunni Muslim scholar (died 2021)
28 December – Hemant Shesh Hindi poet, editor, art critic