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Events in the year 1978 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

  • President of India – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
  • thumb|150x150px|[[Morarji Desai]]Prime Minister of India – Morarji Desai
  • Vice President of India – B.D. Jatti
  • Chief Justice of India – Mirza Hameedullah Beg (until 21 February), Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud (starting 22 February)

Governors

  • 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

  • National income - 1,126,714 million
  • 1 January – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes into the Arabian Sea after taking off shortly 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.
  • 1 May – Launch of District Industrial Centre by Minister of Industries George Fernandes.
  • 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

  • 4 January – Ramana (actor), actor and producer.
  • 13 January – Ashmit Patel, actor.
  • 16 January Vijay Sethupathi, actor.
  • 21 March – Rani Mukerji, actress.
  • 28 March – Nafisa Joseph, model, MTV VJ, Miss India 1997 (d.2004).
  • thumb|163x163px|[[Lara Dutta]]16 April – Lara Dutta, actress, Miss Universe in 2000.
  • 5 May – Sandeep Baswana, actor.
  • 25 June – Aftab Shivdasani, actor.

July to December

  • 17 August – Disha Vakani, actress.
  • 21 August – Bhumika Chawla, actress.
  • 31 August – Jayasurya, actor.
  • thumb|167x167px|[[Soha Ali Khan]]4 October – Soha Ali Khan, actress.
  • 18 October Jyothika, actress.
  • 20 October – Virender Sehwag, cricketer.
  • 1 November – Manju Warrier, actress.
  • 25 November – Sameer Dad, field hockey player.
  • 25 November – Rakhi Sawant, actress

Deaths

  • 19 February – Pankaj Mullick, singer and composer (b. 1905).
  • 20 May – P. S. Subrahmanya Sastri, Sanskrit scholar (b. 1890).
  • 7 June – I. K. Taimni, chemist (b. 1898).
  • 18 November – Dhirendra Nath Ganguly, film entrepreneur, actor and director (b. 1893).

See also

  • Bollywood films of 1978

References