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See also: 1974 in India, other events of 1975, 1976 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.

Events

• 19 April - The first Indian satellite, Aryabhatta, goes into Earth's orbit.
• 16 May - Sikkim annexed to India after a deposing the monarchy.
• 26 June - A state of emergency is declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during which the press is censored and 100,000 are jailed.
• 19 December - APJ Education Society is started.
• Chasnala mining disaster

Births

January to June

• 31 January - Preity Zinta, actress.
• 28 March - Akshaye Khanna, actor and son of Vinod Khanna.
• 8 February - Joe Eshwar, writer, poet and filmmaker.
• 17 May - Dinesh Nayak, field hockey player.
• 26 May - Abbas, actor.
• 4 June - Bhuvaneshwari, actress.

July to December

• 6 July - Jeevan, actor.
• 5 August - Kajol, actress.
• 28 August - Eijaz Khan, actor.
• 16 October - Rajeev Khandelwal, actor.
• 18 October - Kunal Kapoor, actor.
• 11 November - Diwakar Pundir, actor.
• 19 November - Sushmita Sen, Miss Universe 1994, actress.
• 9 December - Priya Gill, actress.
• 14 December - Sukhbir Singh Gill, field hockey player.

Deaths

• 17 April - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, philosopher and statesman, first Vice President of India and second President of India (b.1888).