1979 in India

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See also:	List of years in India; Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1979 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

President of India – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Prime Minister of India – Morarji Desai until 28 July, Charan Singh
Chief Justice of India – Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud

Governors

Events

1 January – President of India makes official the decision to set up the Mandal Commission
31 January – The police under direction of Jyoti Basu, Chief Minister of Communist Party of India (Marxist) -led government of West Bengal, surrounds and opens fire on unarmed refugee settlement of Morichjhapi island in Sunderbans, West Bengal.
1 June – Vizianagaram district is formed in Andhra Pradesh.
27 June – CISF conflict at Bokaro
11 August – Morvi dam burst, the worst flood disaster in independent India, happens in Gujarat, killing 1500-15000 people
Dr. Leo Rebello is appointed Special Executive Magistrate (same as Justice of Peace) for Greater Bombay. Holds the honorary office for 18 years helping thousands of people.
Athi Varadhar came out after 40 years in Varadharajar Temple, Kanchipuram.

Births

January to June

Bipasha Basu
7 January – Bipasha Basu, actress and model.
28 February – Srikanth
Emraan Hashmi
24 March – Emraan Hashmi, actor.
17 April – Siddarth Narayanan, actor.
23 May - Divya Palat, actress.
10 June – D. K. Ravi, late IAS officer.
12 June – Tottempudi Gopichand, actor.

July to December

1 July - Sanjeev Kumar Mishra, Writer
31 August – Yuvan Shankar Raja, film composer and singer.
1 September – Aamir Ali, actor
11 September – Tulip Joshi, model and actress.
Kamya Punjabi
14 September – Kamya Panjabi, actress.
27 September – B Chandrakala, Indian Administrative Service officer.
3 October – Sanjukta Parashar, IPS.
7 October – Narain, actor.
23 October – Prabhas, actor.
4 November – Lazarus Barla, field hockey player.
14 December – Samit Basu, novelist.

Deaths

18 August - Vasantrao Phulsing Naik, Politician, Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1913)
3 December – Dhyan Chand, field hockey player (b. 1905).
- D.K.Sapru, character actor.

Full date unknown

Banaphool, author, playwright and poet (b. 1899).
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar (b. 1907).

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Incumbents

Governors

Events

Births

January to June

July to December

Deaths

Full date unknown

See also