The events in India during 1970
Incumbents
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 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.
Births
January to June
29 January – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, politician and Olympic medalist
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.
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. Manisha Koirala, actress.
15 September Ramya Krishnan, actress. 29 September Khushbu, actress and politician. 10 October – Ali, actor. 17 October – Anil Kumble, cricketer. 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).