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during 1970


Incumbents


Union Government

* President of India – V. V. Giri * Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi * Chief Justice of India – Mohammad Hidayatullah (until 16 December), Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah (starting 17 December)


States: Governors

* List of governors of Andhra Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh – Khandubhai Kasanji Desai * List of governors of Assam, Assam – Braj Kumar Nehru * List of governors of Bihar, Bihar – Nityanand Kanungo * List of governors of Gujarat, Gujarat – Shriman Narayan * List of governors of Haryana, Haryana – Birendra Narayan Chakraborty * List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir – Bhagwan Sahay * List of governors of Karnataka, Karnataka – Gopal Swarup Pathak * List of governors of Kerala, Kerala – V. Viswanathan * List of governors of Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh – K. Chengalaraya Reddy * List of governors of Maharashtra, Maharashtra – P V Cherian * List of governors of Meghalaya, Meghalaya – Braj Kumar Nehru * List of governors of Nagaland, Nagaland – B.K. Nehru * List of governors of Odisha, Odisha – Shaukatullah Shah Ansari * List of governors of Punjab, India, Punjab – D. C. Pavate, Dadappa Chintappa Pavate * List of governors of Rajasthan, Rajasthan – Sardar Hukam Singh * List of governors of Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu – Sardar Ujjal Singh * List of governors of Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh – Bezawada Gopala Reddy * List of governors of West Bengal, 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 * 7 September – MPCB, 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 (1970–1979, Kerala), 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. (Indian Standard Time, IST) at the Perambur railway station, 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 Lists of Olympic medalists, Olympic medalist *21 February – Karunas, comedian-actor. *21 March – Shobana, actress and dancer. *16 April – Mukesh Kumar (field hockey), Mukesh Kumar, field hockey player. *26 April Saranya Ponvannan, actress. *18 May Rekha (South Indian actress), Rekha Josephine, actress. *1 June R. Madhavan, actor. *19 June – Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician and leader of the Indian National Congress.


July to December

*9 July – Neil Nongkynrih, pianist and conductor (d. 2022) *19 July – P. Amudha, Indian Administrative Service, IAS officer *22 July – Devendra Fadnavis, Politician, List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra, 18th chief minister of Maharashtra. *6 August – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian American writer -director. 16 August – *Saif Ali Khan, actor. *Manisha Koirala, actress. *15 September Ramya Krishnan, actress. *29 September Khushbu, actress and politician. *10 October – Ali (actor), Ali, actor. *17 October – Anil Kumble, cricketer. *27 November – Thirumal Valavan, field hockey player. *12 December – Cheran (director), 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).


See also

* Bollywood films of 1970


References

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