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See also: 1969 in India, other events of 1970, 1971 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.

Events

• 7 September - Maharashtra Pollution Control Board is established under the provisions of Maharashtra Prevention of Water Pollution Act, 1969.
• Bajaj Auto rolls out its 100,000th vehicle.

Births

January to June

• 21 February - Karunas, comedian-actor.
• 21 March - Shobana Chandrakumar, actress and dancer.
• 16 April - Mukesh Kumar, field hockey player.

July to December

• 6 August - M. Night Shyamalan, Indian American writer-director.
• 16 August - Saif Ali Khan, actor.
• 10 October - Ali, actor.
• 17 October - Anil Kumble, cricketer.
• 27 November - Thirumal Valavan, field hockey player.
• 12 December - Cheran, director and actor.
• 20 December - Sohail Khan, actor, producer and director.
• 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).