What was the world like in 1973?
India's #1 song of the year was Yaari Hai Imaan Mera from Zanjeer, topping Binaca Geetmala's annual countdown.
What things cost in 1973.
Gold: yearly average, 24K, approx. Petrol: Delhi pump price around mid-year, approx. Sensex: BSE year-end close. Today's figures as of late Oct 2026. For curiosity, not advice.
The world's number ones.
Every song that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973.
You're So Vain · Carly Simon
Superstition · Stevie Wonder
Crocodile Rock · Elton John
Killing Me Softly With His Song · Roberta Flack
Love Train · The O'Jays
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia · Vicki Lawrence
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree · Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life · Stevie Wonder
Frankenstein · Edgar Winter Group
My Love · Paul McCartney And Wings
Give Me Love - (Give Me Peace On Earth) · George Harrison
Will It Go Round In Circles · Billy Preston
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown · Jim Croce
The Morning After · Maureen McGovern
Touch Me In The Morning · Diana Ross
Brother Louie · Stories
Let's Get It On · Marvin Gaye
Delta Dawn · Helen Reddy
We're An American Band · Grand Funk
Half-Breed · Cher
Angie · The Rolling Stones
Midnight Train To Georgia · Gladys Knight And The Pips
Keep On Truckin' (Part 1) · Eddie Kendricks
Photograph · Ringo Starr
Top Of The World · Carpenters
The Most Beautiful Girl · Charlie Rich
Time In A Bottle · Jim Croce
If you were born in 1973, none of this existed.
Aryabhata, India's first satellite, launches
Sholay releases in cinemas
Colour television arrives in India
India wins its first Cricket World Cup at Lord's
The first Maruti 800 is handed over
Rakesh Sharma becomes the first Indian in space
India's first metro opens in Kolkata
Ramayan airs its first episode on Doordarshan
And 35 more. Your exact day shows the full list.
The year is the trailer. Your day is the film.
The Moon and your nakshatra, the weather in your city, the front page and who shares your birthday.
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