See also: 1976 in India, other events of 1977, 1978 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.
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Events
- March - The first non-Congress government sweeps to power following Indira Gandhi's defeat at the general elections. Morarji Desai becomes prime minister.
- 3 March - Nehru Planetarium commissioned.
- November - More than 10,000 people die when a cyclone hits India's southeast coast. The storm disrupts life for 5.4 million people in 830 villages, and damages 14,000 km² of cropland.
- A commission, chaired by B P Mandal is set up.
Births
- 14 January - Narain Karthikeyan, motor racing driver.
- 27 January - Deepshika, actress.
- 23 March - Smriti Zubin Irani, actress and politician.
- 9 June - Roopa Mishra, civil servant.
- 2 July - Ganesh, actor.
- 1 September - Aamir Ali, actor
- 16 September - Gauri Pradhan Tejwani, actress.
- 21 November - Karthik Kumar, actor.
- 24 November - Dilip Tirkey, field hockey player.
Full date unknown
- Rajorshi Chakraborti, novelist.
- Vasundhara Das, actress and singer.
Deaths
- 22 March - A. K. Gopalan, communist leader (b.1904).
- 14 November - A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder-acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (b.1896).
Full date unknown
- Hamid Dalwai, social reformer and writer (b.1932).
- Abdul Majid Daryabadi, Muslim writer and exegete of the Qur'an (b.1892).
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