1979 in India
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Events in the year 1979 in the Republic of India
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India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Incumbents
- President of IndiaPresident of IndiaThe President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...
– Neelam Sanjiva ReddyNeelam Sanjiva ReddyNeelam Sanjiva Reddy was the sixth President of India, serving from 1977 to 1982 and was the only person to be elected President of India unopposed.... - Prime Minister of IndiaPrime Minister of IndiaThe Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India — Prime Minister for the Union, is the chief of government, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament...
– Morarji DesaiMorarji DesaiMorarji Ranchhodji Desai was an Indian independence activist and the fourth Prime Minister of India from 1977–79. He was the first Indian Prime Minister who did not belong to the Indian National Congress...
until July 28, Charan Singh
Events
- 1 January - President of India makes official the decision to set up the Mandal CommissionMandal commissionThe Mandal Commission was established in India in 1979 by the Janata Party government under Prime Minister Morarji Desai with a mandate to "identify the socially or educationally backward." It was headed by Indian parliamentarian Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal to consider the question of seat...
- 31 January - The police under direction of Jyoti BasuJyoti BasuJyoti Basu was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India from West Bengal, India. He served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000, making him the longest-serving Chief Minister of any Indian state. Basu was a member of the CPI Politburo from the time of the...
, Chief Minister of Communist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party of India (Marxist)The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...
-led government of West BengalWest BengalWest Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
, surrounds and opens fire on unarmed refugee settlement of Morichjhapi island in Sunderbans, West BengalWest BengalWest Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
. Hundreds killed but government officially accepts 36 deaths. - 1 June - Vizianagaram districtVizianagaram districtVizianagaram district , also known as Vijayanagaram district is one of the northern coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh, India. Vizianagaram town is the district headquarters...
is formed in Andhra PradeshAndhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
. - 27 June - CISF conflict at BokaroCISF conflict at BokaroA Central Industrial Security Force Association conflict took place at Bokaro, India on 27 June, 1979.The members of the GREAT CISF Unit at Bokaro had formed an all-India association in March 1979 and Sadanand Jha, was elected as its General Secretary. Thereafter, a country wide agitation was...
- 11 August - Morvi dam burstMorvi dam burstThe Morvi dam failure is the worst flood disaster to happen in independent India. On August 11, 1979, the Machchu-2 dam, situated on the Machhu, river burst and that sent a wall of water through the town of Morvi in Indian state of Gujarat killing from 1500 to 15000 people. It was caused by...
, the worst flood disaster in independent India, happens in Gujarat, killing 1500-15000 people
January to June
- 7 January - Bipasha BasuBipasha BasuBipasha Basu is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films. A former model, she was the winner of the Ford's Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest in 1996.-Early life:...
, actress and model. - February 28- SrikanthSrikanth (actor)Srikanth is a South Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films. He debuted in the 2002 Tamil film Roja Kootam before going on to make notable appearances in successful films such as Parthiban Kanavu and Adavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule...
- 24 March - Emraan HashmiEmraan HashmiEmraan Anwar Hashmi is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films.- Early life :Hashmi was born to Anwar Hashmi and Maherahh Hashmi. His father is a Muslim while his mother a Roman Catholic. After briefly changing his first name to Farhan, he decided to keep his...
, actor. - 31 March - Amey Date, singer.
- 12 June - Tottempudi Gopichand, actor.
July to December
- 31 August - Yuvan Shankar RajaYuvan Shankar RajaYuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...
, film composer and singer. - 11 September - Tulip JoshiTulip JoshiTulip Joshi is an Indian actress who has appeared in Bollywood.-Early life:Joshi was born in Mumbai to a Gujarati Indian father and an Armenian Lebanese mother. She was brought up in Mumbai where she attended the Jamnabai Narsee School, and later Mithibai College from where she graduated majoring...
, model and actress. - 14 September - Kamya PanjabiKamya PanjabiKamya Panjabi, , is a television actress from India, who generally plays the vamp or negative characters in Hindi television serials....
, actress. - 7 October - NarainNarain (actor)Narain is an Indian film actor, who appears in Malayalam and Tamil films.- Personal life:Narain was born in Thrissur, Kerala to Malayali parents. His father is Ponnani Kizhakke Kalathil T.M.Ramakrishnan Nair and his mother is Shantha Nair...
, actor. - 4 November - Lazarus BarlaLazarus BarlaLazarus Barla is a field hockey defender from India, who belongs to the Oraon tribe of Chota Nagpur. He made his international senior debut for the Men's National Team in January 1998 during the test serie against Germany...
, field hockey player. - 14 December - Samit BasuSamit BasuSamit Basu is the author of five novels: The Simoqin Prophecies, The Manticore's Secret and The Unwaba Revelations, the three parts of The GameWorld Trilogy, a fantasy trilogy published by Penguin Books, India, Terror on the Titanic a YA novel published by Scholastic India, and Turbulence, a...
, novelist.
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- BanaphoolBanaphoolBanaphool is the pen name of the Bengali author, playwright and poet, Balāi Chānd Mukhopādhyāy .- Life:...
, author, playwright and poet (b.18991899 in India-Births:*15 February — Mani Madhava Chakyar, master Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam artist .*10 October — Baldev Upadhyaya, Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist and critic ....
). - Hazari Prasad DwivediHazari Prasad DwivediAcharya' Hazari Prasad Dwivedi was a Hindi novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar...
, novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar (b.19071907 in IndiaEvents in the year 1907 in India.-Events:*5 June - Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, a sect of Hinduism, is established by Swami Yagnapurushdas....
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See also
- Bollywood films of 1979Bollywood films of 1979-Highest grossing:The top thirty grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1979:The last eleven were declared flops but had huge openings on their release and the first twenty nine were declared superhits.-1979:...