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The events in India during 1970

Incumbents

Union Government

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

States: Governors

  • 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

  • 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.
  • 17 March - Sainbari political killings by Communists in West Bengal.
  • 2 September - President of India V. V. Giri opens Vivekananda Rock Memorial.
  • 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&nbsp;p.m. (IST) at the Perambur station, Chennai, killing 16 and injuring 108.
  • Bajaj Auto rolls out its 100,000th vehicle.

Births

January to June

  • 29 January – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, politician and Olympic medalistthumb|184x184px|[[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]]
  • 21 February – Karunas, comedian-actor.
  • 21 March – Shobana, actress and dancer.
  • 16 April – Mukesh Kumar, field hockey player.
  • 26 April Saranya Ponvannan, actress.
  • 18 May Rekha Josephine, actress.
  • 1 June R. Madhavan, actor.
  • 18 June Arvind Swamy, actor.
  • 19 June – Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician, leader of the Indian National Congress and current Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha.thumb|160x160px|[[Rahul Gandhi]]

July to December

  • 9 July – Neil Nongkynrih, pianist and conductor (d. 2022)
  • 19 July – P. Amudha, IAS officer
  • 21 July – Siddhartha Mukherjee, biologist
  • 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.thumb|187x187px|[[Saif Ali Khan]]
  • Manisha Koirala, actress.

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  • 15 September Ramya Krishnan, actress.
  • 29 September Khushbu Sundar, actress and politician.
  • 10 October – Ali, actor.
  • 17 October – Anil Kumble, cricketer.thumb|160x160px|[[Anil Kumble]]
  • 17 October – Aadukalam Naren, actor.
  • 23 November – Sajid Khan, film director
  • 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

  • 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).thumb|180x180px|[[C. V. Raman|C.V. Raman]]

See also

  • Bollywood films of 1970

References