1978 in India
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Events in the year 1978 in the Republic of India.
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Incumbents
- President of India – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
- Prime Minister of India – Morarji Desai
- Chief Justice of India – Mirza Hameedullah Beg (until 21 February), Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud (starting 22 February)
Governors
- Assam –
- Bihar –
- Gujarat –
- Haryana –
- Himachal Pradesh –
- Jammu and Kashmir –
- Karnataka –
- Kerala –
- Madhya Pradesh –
- Maharashtra –
- Manipur –
- Meghalaya –
- Nagaland –
- Odisha –
- Punjab –
- Rajasthan –
- Sikkim –
- Tamil Nadu –
- Tripura –
- Uttar Pradesh –
- West Bengal –
Events
- 1 January – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes into the Arabian Sea after takeoff near Bombay, killing all 213 on board.
- 16 January – Morarji Desai led government demonetizes high denomination banknotes.
- 29 March – Dr. Leo Rebello pioneers a 60 lessons distance learning course in Naturopathy to train Naturopaths to serve in India's 560,000 villages.
- 7 November – Indira Gandhi is re-elected to the Indian parliament.
- 19 December – Indira Gandhi is arrested and jailed for a week for breach of privilege and contempt of parliament.
Births
January to June
- 13 January – Major Mohit Sharma, Military personnel.
- 13 January – Ashmit Patel, actor.
- 21 March – Rani Mukerji, actress.
- 28 March – Nafisa Joseph, model, MTV VJ, Miss India 1997 (d.2004).
- 16 April – Lara Dutta, actress, Miss Universe in 2000.
- 4 May – Samita Singh Virtigo patients of Deodh Madhubani Bihar
- 5 May – Sandeep Baswana, actor.
- 25 June – Aftab Shivdasani, actor.
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July to December
- 17 August – Disha Vakani, actress.
- 21 August – Bhumika Chawla, actress.
- 31 August – Jayasurya, actor.
- 16 September – Meena, actress.
- 4 October – Soha Ali Khan, actress.
- 20 October – Virender Sehwag, cricketer.
- 1 November – Manju Warrier, actress.
- 24 November - Rohit PM Ramanattukara, earth transportation visionary. Notable Accomplishment; Fixed Roads of Chengannur with Self-Patended Anti-Pothhole Technology.
- 25 November – Sameer Dad, field hockey player.
- 25 November – Rakhi Sawant, actress
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Deaths
- 19 February – Pankaj Mullick, singer and composer (b. 1905).
- 18 November – Dhirendra Nath Ganguly, film entrepreneur, actor and director (b. 1893).