See also: 1973 in India, other events of 1974, 1975 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.
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Events
- January to May smallpox epidemic
- 18 May - Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon, becoming the sixth nation to do so.
- Vishwa Bandhu Gupta built India’s first "human powered kite".
Births
- 1 January - Abha Dawesar, novelist.
- 7 January - Varun Badola, actor.
- 8 March - Fardeen Khan, actor.
- 15 April - Paromita Chatterjee, television presenter.
- 22 April - Chetan Bhagat, novelist.
- 7 June - Mahesh Bhupathi, tennis player.
- 22 June - Joseph Vijay, actor and playback singer.
- 25 June - Karisma Kapoor, actress.
- 23 October - Aravind Adiga, journalist and author, 2008 Man Booker Prize winner.
- 1 November - V. V. S. Laxman, cricketer.
Full date unknown
- Manjeet Kullar, actress.
Deaths
- 4 February - Satyendra Nath Bose, physicist (b.1894).
- 23 September - Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur, last Maharaja of Mysore, philosopher, musicologist, political thinker and philanthropist (b.1919).
- 6 October - V. K. Krishna Menon, nationalist and politician (b.1897).
- 16 October - Chembai, Carnatic music singer (b.1895).
- 16 October - Edasseri Govindan Nair, poet, playwright and essayist (b.1906).
Full date unknown
- J. P. Chandrababu, comedian-actor, singer and dancer (b.1926).
- Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya, scholar of Sanskrit (b.1896).
- Sucheta Kriplani, freedom fighter, politician and in Uttar Pradesh, became first woman to be elected Chief Minister of a state (b.1908).
- Matthew Pothen Thekaekara, scientist (b.1914).
See also
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