1970 in India

The events in India during 1970

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.

January to June

 * 29 January – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, politician and Olympic medalist[[File:Rajyavardhan Rathore with the school children - TEDxShekhavati 2011 (cropped).jpg|thumb|184x184px|[[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 and leader of the Indian National Congress.Rahul Gandhi (portrait crop).jpg]]

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 snapped at Imperial Hotel, New Delhi 05.jpg]]
 * Manisha Koirala, actress.


 * 15 September – Ramya Krishnan, actress.
 * 29 September – Khushbu Sundar, actress and politician.
 * 10 October – Ali, actor.
 * 17 October – Anil Kumble, cricketer.Former Indian cricketer Anil Kumble.jpg]]
 * 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).Sir CV Raman.JPG]]
 * 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).Sir CV Raman.JPG]]