1978 in India

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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1978 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents[edit]

President of India – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Morarji Desai
Prime Minister of India – Morarji Desai
Chief Justice of India – Mirza Hameedullah Beg (until 21 February), Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud (starting 22 February)

Governors[edit]

Andhra Pradesh – Sharda Mukherjee (until 15 August), K. C. Abraham (starting 15 August)
Assam – L. P. Singh
Bihar – Jagannath Kaushal
Gujarat – Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham (until 14 August), Sharda Mukherjee (starting 14 August)
Haryana – Harcharan Singh Brar
Himachal Pradesh – Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan
Jammu and Kashmir – L. K. Jha
Karnataka – Govind Narain
Kerala – Jothi Venkatachalam
Madhya Pradesh – N. N. Wanchu (until 16 August), C. M. Poonacha (starting 16 August)
Maharashtra – Sri Sadiq Ali
Manipur – L.P. Singh
Meghalaya – L.P. Singh
Nagaland – L.P. Singh
Odisha – Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
Punjab – Jaisukh Lal Hathi
Rajasthan – Raghukul Tilak
Sikkim – B. B. Lal
Tamil Nadu – Prabhudas Patwari
Tripura – L. P. Singh
Uttar Pradesh – Ganpatrao Devji Tapase
West Bengal – Anthony Lancelot Dias

Events[edit]

National income - ₹1,126,714 million
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.^[1]
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.

Law[edit]

Births[edit]

January to June[edit]

13 January – Ashmit Patel, actor.
21 March – Rani Mukerji, actress.
28 March – Nafisa Joseph, model, MTV VJ, Miss India 1997 (d.2004).
Lara Dutta
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.

July to December[edit]

17 August – Disha Vakani, actress.
21 August – Bhumika Chawla, actress.
31 August – Jayasurya, actor.
16 September – Meena, actress.
Soha Ali Khan
4 October – Soha Ali Khan, actress.
20 October – Virender Sehwag, cricketer.
1 November – Manju Warrier, actress.
25 November – Sameer Dad, field hockey player.
25 November – Rakhi Sawant, actress

Deaths[edit]

19 February – Pankaj Mullick, singer and composer (b. 1905).
18 November – Dhirendra Nath Ganguly, film entrepreneur, actor and director (b. 1893).

References[edit]

↑ "41 years ago, Morarji Desai's govt also demonetised high value banknotes". ThePrint. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

[1] "41 years ago, Morarji Desai's govt also demonetised high value banknotes". ThePrint. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

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