1970 in India explained

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.^[1]
• 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.^[2]
• Bajaj Auto rolls out its 100,000th vehicle.

Births

January to June

• 29 January – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, politician and Olympic medalist
• 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.

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.
  • Manisha Koirala, actress.

• 15 September Ramya Krishnan, actress.
• 29 September Khushbu Sundar, actress and politician.
• 10 October – Ali, actor.
• 17 October – Anil Kumble, cricketer.
• 17 October – Aadukalam Naren, actor.
• 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).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1970

Notes and References

1. News: 2021-11-27 . ‘Sainbari massacre ignored in history textbooks’ . 2024-02-19 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
2. Web site: The Indian Express - Google News Archive Search. 2022-01-23. news.google.com.