1976 in India explained
Events in the year 1976 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
- National income - 918,117 million
- 2 March - The Rajan case, a famous case of Police brutality during the Emergency Period. The victim, P. Rajan, a final year Engineering student at Regional Engineering College, Calicut was arrested by police, taken to Kakkayam and allegedly tortured severely which led to his death. It is believed that his body was thrown into the Kakkayam Dam.
- 16 April – A family planning initiative involves the vasectomy of thousands of men and tubal ligation of women, either for payment or under coercive conditions. (The minimum age for marriage is also raised to 21 years for men and 18 years for women.) The son of then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi, is largely blamed for what turned out to be a failed program.[1] A strong backlash against any initiative associated with family planning followed the highly controversial program, which continues (in part) into the 21st century.[2]
- 10 June – George Fernandes arrested from Calcutta during the Emergency.[3]
- 12 October - Indian Airlines Flight 171 crashed in Bombay killing all 95 on board.
- 15 November – Subramanian Swamy was expelled from Rajya Sabha for his campaign against the Emergency in foreign countries.[4] [5]
Law
The 42nd amendment Act, 1976, was enacted during the Emergency by the Indian National Congress government headed by Indira Gandhi.
Births
January to June
- 5 February – Abhishek Bachchan, actor.
- 4 April – Simran Bagga, actress.
- 9 April – Rohit Gupta, writer and inventor.
- 9 April – Nithin Sathya, actor.
- 21 May – Aditi Gowitrikar, model, actress and physician.
- 9 June – Amisha Patel, actress.
- 5 June Rambha, actress.
- 7 June Pandiraj, film director.
- 29 June – Saurabh Kalia, Military officer-KARGIL HERO. (d. 1998).
July to December
- 20 July – Debashish Mohanty, cricketer.
- 12 August – Baljit Singh Saini, field hockey player.
- 3 September – Vivek Oberoi, actor
- 16 September Meena, actress.
- 19 September – Ishaa Koppikar, actress and model.
- 27 October Pooja Batra, actress.
- 29 October Raghava Lawrence, actor, choreographer, director.
- 14 November – Hemang Badani, cricketer.
- 15 December – Baichung Bhutia, soccer player.
Deaths
See also
Notes and References
- News: The Indira enigma . 11 May 2001 . 28 July 2006 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20061110074114/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1809/18090740.htm . 10 November 2006 . dead .
- News: Male involvement and contraceptive methods for men . September 1996 . 28 July 2006. .
- Book: Ramagundam, Rahul . The Life and Times of George Fernandes . Penguin Random House India . 2022 . 978-0670092888 . 11 . en.
- Web site: Meet the Original Anti-Nationals . 2023-03-12 . The Wire.
- Web site: Expulsion of a member from the House for misconduct. . Rajya Sabha.