# 1970 in India

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

## Births
### January to June

* 29 January – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, politician and Olympic medalistRajyavardhan 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.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.Saif Ali Khan
** Manisha Koirala, actress.
* 15 September – Ramya Krishnan, actress.
* 29 September – Khushbu Sundar, actress and politician.
* 10 October – Ali, actor.
* 17 October – Anil Kumble, cricketer.Anil Kumble
* 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).C.V. Raman