| | 1 | ''''1982: Key Events''' |
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| | 3 | * Continuing the Congress (I)’s liberalisation policies, Indian culture is marketed in a massive Festivals of India campaign starting in London, then in Paris and Moscow. India’s finest traditional and contemporary artists are featured. |
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| | 5 | * The Bombay Textile strike, lasting almost a year. |
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| | 7 | * INSAT 1-A is launched from Cape Canaveral, inaugurating a national TV programme mobilising all prime time throughout the country for the New Delhi station. |
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| | 9 | * Colour TV starts on 25 April with the telecast of Ray’s Sadgati and Shatranj Ke Khiladi. Regular colour telecasts through INSAT begin on 15 August. |
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| | 11 | * The Ninth Asian Games held in Delhi provide the first nationwide colour programmes, using the USSR’s Stationary-5 satellite and 20 low-power transmitters. |
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| | 13 | * N. T. Rama Rao starts the Telugu Desam Party. |
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| | 15 | * The failure of Rawail’s Deedar-e-Yaar is a major setback to the Hindi industry. |
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| | 17 | * The Tamil film weekly Gemini Cinema starts. First films in Brijbhasha (Brij Bhoomi) and Malvi (Bhadwa Mata). |