1979 in India
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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1979 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents[edit]
- President of India – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
- Prime Minister of India – Morarji Desai until 28 July, Charan Singh
- Chief Justice of India – Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud
Governors[edit]
- Andhra Pradesh –
- Assam –
- Bihar –
- Gujarat –
- Haryana –
- Himachal Pradesh –
- Jammu and Kashmir –
- Karnataka –
- Kerala –
- Madhya Pradesh –
- Maharashtra –
- Manipur –
- Meghalaya –
- Nagaland –
- Odisha –
- Punjab – Jaisukh lal Hathi
- Rajasthan –
- Sikkim –
- Tamil Nadu –
- Tripura –
- Uttar Pradesh –
- West Bengal –
Events[edit]
- 1 January – President of India makes official the decision to set up the Mandal Commission
- 31 January – The police under direction of Jyoti Basu, Chief Minister of Communist Party of India (Marxist) -led government of West Bengal, surrounds and opens fire on unarmed refugee settlement of Morichjhapi island in Sunderbans, West Bengal.
- 1 June – Vizianagaram district is formed in Andhra Pradesh.
- 27 June – CISF conflict at Bokaro
- 11 August – Morvi dam burst, the worst flood disaster in independent India, happens in Gujarat, killing 1500-15000 people
- Dr. Leo Rebello is appointed Special Executive Magistrate (same as Justice of Peace) for Greater Bombay. Holds the honorary office for 18 years helping thousands of people.
- Athi Varadhar came out after 40 years in Varadharajar Temple, Kanchipuram.
Births[edit]
January to June[edit]
- 7 January – Bipasha Basu, actress and model.
- 28 February – Srikanth
- 24 March – Emraan Hashmi, actor.
- 17 April – Siddarth Narayanan, actor.
- 23 May - Divya Palat, actress.
- 10 June – D. K. Ravi, late IAS officer.
- 12 June – Tottempudi Gopichand, actor.
July to December[edit]
- 1 July - Sanjeev Kumar Mishra, Writer
- 31 August – Yuvan Shankar Raja, film composer and singer.
- 1 September – Aamir Ali, actor
- 11 September – Tulip Joshi, model and actress.
- 14 September – Kamya Panjabi, actress.
- 27 September – B Chandrakala, Indian Administrative Service officer.
- 3 October – Sanjukta Parashar, IPS.
- 7 October – Narain, actor.
- 23 October – Prabhas, actor.
- 4 November – Lazarus Barla, field hockey player.
- 14 December – Samit Basu, novelist.
Deaths[edit]
- 18 August - Vasantrao Phulsing Naik, Politician, Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1913)
- 3 December – Dhyan Chand, field hockey player (b. 1905).
- - D.K.Sapru, character actor.
Full date unknown[edit]
- Banaphool, author, playwright and poet (b. 1899).
- Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar (b. 1907).