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1970 in India
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The events in
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See also:
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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
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
.
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.
23 November –
Sajid Khan (director)
,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).
C.V. Raman
See also
Bollywood films of 1970
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References
↑
"
'Sainbari massacre ignored in history textbooks'
"
.
The Times of India
. 27 November 2021.
ISSN
0971-8257
. Retrieved
19 February
2024
.
↑
"The Indian Express - Google News Archive Search"
.
news.google.com
. Retrieved
23 January
2022
.
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