| | 1 | ''''1983: Key Events''' |
| | 2 | |
| | 3 | * Violence erupts in Assam, led by the All-Assam Students Union (AASU) which boycotts the Assembly elections held with major military support, although none of the main Parties except the Congress (I) and some Left groups participate. |
| | 4 | |
| | 5 | * Rampant terrorism in the Punjab countryside, briefly quelled by massive state intervention, gradually resurfaces. |
| | 6 | |
| | 7 | * INSAT 1-B satellite is put into orbit from the US space shuttle Challenger, inaugurating the Special Plan for Expansion of the Television Network. |
| | 8 | |
| | 9 | * The Karnataka state subsidy to films is increased to Rs 1 lakh for b&w and Rs 1.5 lakh for colour, provided the films are in Kannada and made entirely in the state. Producers are allowed to do post-production outside Karnataka until 1986, when several dubbing, mixing and re-recording studios (the Chamundeshwari and Vasant labs, followed by Prasad Studios and Shankar Nag’s Sanket Electronics) are established. |
| | 10 | |
| | 11 | * Panorama of Indian Cinema at the Centre Pompidou, Paris. |
| | 12 | |
| | 13 | * First film in Garhwali (Jagwal) and Khasi (Ka Lawei Ha Ki Ktijong Ngi). |