1978 in India

Events in the year 1978 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

 * President of India – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
 * Morarji Desai portrait.jpg Minister of India – [[Morarji Desai]]
 * Vice President of India – B.D. Jatti
 * Chief Justice of India – Mirza Hameedullah Beg (until 21 February), Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud (starting 22 February)

Governors

 * Andhra Pradesh – Sharda Mukherjee (until 15 August), K. C. Abraham (starting 15 August)
 * Assam – L. P. Singh
 * Bihar – Jagannath Kaushal
 * Gujarat – Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham (until 14 August), Sharda Mukherjee (starting 14 August)
 * Haryana – Harcharan Singh Brar
 * Himachal Pradesh – Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan
 * Jammu and Kashmir – L. K. Jha
 * Karnataka – Govind Narain
 * Kerala – Jothi Venkatachalam
 * Madhya Pradesh – N. N. Wanchu (until 16 August), C. M. Poonacha (starting 16 August)
 * Maharashtra – Sri Sadiq Ali
 * Manipur – L.P. Singh
 * Meghalaya – L.P. Singh
 * Nagaland – L.P. Singh
 * Odisha – Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
 * Punjab – Jaisukh Lal Hathi
 * Rajasthan – Raghukul Tilak
 * Sikkim – B B Lal
 * Tamil Nadu – Prabhudas Patwari
 * Tripura – L. P. Singh
 * Uttar Pradesh – Ganpatrao Devji Tapase
 * West Bengal – Anthony Lancelot Dias

Events

 * National income - ₹1,126,714 million
 * 1 January – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes into the Arabian Sea after takeoff near Bombay, killing all 213 on board.
 * 16 January – Morarji Desai led government demonetizes high denomination banknotes.
 * 29 March – Dr. Leo Rebello pioneers a 60 lessons distance learning course in Naturopathy to train Naturopaths to serve in India's 560,000 villages.
 * 1 May – Launch of District Industrial Centre by Minister of Industries George Fernandes.
 * 7 November – Indira Gandhi is re-elected to the Indian parliament.
 * 19 December – Indira Gandhi is arrested and jailed for a week for breach of privilege and contempt of parliament.

January to June

 * 4 January – Ramana (actor), actor and producer.
 * 13 January – Ashmit Patel, actor.
 * 16 January – Vijay Sethupathi, actor.
 * 21 March – Rani Mukerji, actress.
 * 28 March – Nafisa Joseph, model, MTV VJ, Miss India 1997 (d.2004).
 * Lara Dutta launches her 'Prenatal Yoga' DVD (8)(cropped).jpg April – [[Lara Dutta]], actress, Miss Universe in 2000.
 * 4 May – Samita Singh Virtigo patients of Deodh Madhubani Bihar
 * 5 May – Sandeep Baswana, actor.
 * 25 June – Aftab Shivdasani, actor.

July to December

 * 17 August – Disha Vakani, actress.
 * 21 August – Bhumika Chawla, actress.
 * 31 August – Jayasurya, actor.
 * Soha Ali Khan at Jaypore store launch in Bandra.jpg October – [[Soha Ali Khan]], actress.
 * 18 October – Jyothika, actress.
 * 20 October – Virender Sehwag, cricketer.
 * 1 November – Manju Warrier, actress.
 * 25 November – Sameer Dad, field hockey player.
 * 25 November – Rakhi Sawant, actress

Deaths

 * 19 February – Pankaj Mullick, singer and composer (b. 1905).
 * 18 November – Dhirendra Nath Ganguly, film entrepreneur, actor and director (b. 1893).