1970 in India

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

The events in India during 1970

Incumbents[edit]

Union Government[edit]

President of India – V. V. Giri
Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
Chief Justice of India – Mohammad Hidayatullah (until 16 December), Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah (starting 17 December)

States: Governors[edit]

Andhra Pradesh – Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
Assam – Braj Kumar Nehru
Bihar – Nityanand Kanungo
Gujarat – Shriman Narayan
Haryana – Birendra Narayan Chakraborty
Jammu and Kashmir – Bhagwan Sahay
Karnataka – Gopal Swarup Pathak
Kerala – V. Viswanathan
Madhya Pradesh – K. Chengalaraya Reddy
Maharashtra – P V Cherian
Meghalaya – Braj Kumar Nehru
Nagaland – B.K. Nehru
Odisha – Shaukatullah Shah Ansari
Punjab – Dadappa Chintappa Pavate
Rajasthan – Sardar Hukam Singh
Tamil Nadu – Sardar Ujjal Singh
Uttar Pradesh – Bezawada Gopala Reddy
West Bengal – Shanti Swaroop Dhavan

Events[edit]

National income - ₹468,169 million
21 January - A state transport bus was torched by Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers at Chavassery, Kannur district killing four passengers.
4 March – New Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation formed in the state of Maharashtra
7 September – Maharashtra Pollution Control Board is established under the provisions of Maharashtra Prevention of Water Pollution Act, 1969.
17 September - 1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election in which Communist Party of India and Indian National Congress contested as a United Front against a Communist Party of India (Marxist) led coalition were held.
31 October - Mangalore Mail crashes into a stationary Cochin Mail at 8:10 p.m. (IST) at the Perambur station, Chennai, killing 16 and injuring 108.^[1]
Bajaj Auto rolls out its 100,000th vehicle.

Law[edit]

Births[edit]

January to June[edit]

29 January – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, politician and Olympic medalist

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
21 February – Karunas, comedian-actor.
21 March – Shobana, actress and dancer.
16 April – Mukesh Kumar, field hockey player.
19 June – Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician and leader of the Indian National Congress.

Rahul Gandhi

July to December[edit]

9 July – Neil Nongkynrih, pianist and conductor (d. 2022)
19 July – P. Amudha, IAS officer
22 July – Devendra Fadnavis, Politician, 18th chief minister of Maharashtra.
6 August – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian American writer -director.
16 August – Saif Ali Khan, actor.

Saif Ali Khan
10 October – Ali, actor.
17 October – Anil Kumble, cricketer.

Anil Kumble
27 November – Thirumal Valavan, field hockey player.
12 December – Cheran, director and actor.
20 December – Sohail Khan, actor, producer and director.
25 December – Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Indian military officer. (d. 1999)
28 December – Sajid Khan, actor.

Deaths[edit]

24 June – Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur, last ruling Maharaja of Jaipur (b. 1911).
24 July – Peter de Noronha, businessman, philanthropist and civil servant (b. 1897).
21 November – C. V. Raman, physicist, awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1888).

C.V. Raman

References[edit]

↑ "The Indian Express - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

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[1] "The Indian Express - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

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Incumbents[edit]

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Births[edit]

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July to December[edit]

Deaths[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]