1970 in India

← 1969 1968 1967 1970 in India → 1971 1972 1973
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Events in the year 1970 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• 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)

Governors

• Assam –
• Bihar –
• Gujarat –
• Haryana –
• Himachal Pradesh –
• Jammu and Kashmir –
• Karnataka –
• Kerala –
• Madhya Pradesh –
• Maharashtra –
• Nagaland –
• Odisha –
• Punjab –
• Rajasthan –
• Tamil Nadu –
• Uttar Pradesh –
• West Bengal –

Events

• 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.
• Bajaj Auto rolls out its 100,000th vehicle.

Births

January to June

• 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.

July to December

• 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.
• 10 October – Ali, actor.
• 17 October – Anil Kumble, cricketer.
• 27 November – Thirumal Valavan, field hockey player.
• 12 December – Cheran, director and actor.
• 20 December – Sohail Khan, actor, producer and director.
• 28 December – Sajid Khan, actor.

Deaths

• 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).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1970