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See also: 1977 in India, other events of 1978, 1979 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.

Events

• 1 January - Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes into the Arabian Sea after takeoff near Bombay, killing all 213 on board.
• 7 November - Indira Gandhi is re-elected to the Indian parliament.
• 19 December - Indira Gandhi is arrested and jailed for a week for breach of privilege and contempt of parliament.

Births

January to June

• 13 January - Ashmit Patel, actor.
• 21 March - Rani Mukerji, actress.
• 28 March - Nafisa Joseph, model, MTV VJ, Miss India 1997 (d.2004).
• 16 April - Lara Dutta, actress, Miss Universe in 2000.
• 25 June - Aftab Shivdasani, actor.

July to December

• 29 July - Karthik Narayanan, cricketer.
• 21 August - Bhumika Chawla, actress.
• 16 September - Meena, actress.
• 4 October - Soha Ali Khan, actress.
• 18 October - Jyothika Saravanan, actress.
• 20 October - Virender Sehwag, cricketer.
• 1 November - Manju Warrier, actress.
• 25 November - Sameer Dad, field hockey player.

Full date unknown

• Jayasurya, actor.

8 October - Ramakoti Reddy

Deaths

• 19 February - Pankaj Mullick, singer and composer (b.1905).
• 18 November - Dhirendra Nath Ganguly, film entrepreneur, actor and director (b.1893).