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{{Year in India|1974}}
Events in the year '''1974 in the Republic of India'''.

==Incumbents==
* [[President of India]] – [[V. V. Giri]] (until 24 August), [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]] (after 24 August)
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Indira Gandhi]]
* [[Vice President of India]] – [[Gopal Swarup Pathak]] until 30 August; [[B.D. Jatti]]
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[Ajit Nath Ray]]

===Governors===
* [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] – [[Khandubhai Kasanji Desai]]
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – [[L. P. Singh]]
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – [[Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare]]
* [[List of governors of Gujarat|Gujarat]] – [[Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham]]
* [[List of governors of Haryana|Haryana]] – [[Birendra Narayan Chakraborty]]
* [[List of governors of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]] – S. Chakravarti
* [[List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] – [[L. K. Jha]]
* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] – [[Mohanlal Sukhadia]]
* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] – [[N. N. Wanchoo]]
* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] – [[Satya Narayan Sinha]]
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] – [[Ali Yavar Jung]]
* [[List of governors of Manipur|Manipur]] – [[L.P. Singh]]
* [[List of governors of Meghalaya|Meghalaya]] – [[L.P. Singh]]
* [[List of governors of Nagaland|Nagaland]] – [[L.P. Singh]]
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] –
** until 20 August: [[Basappa Danappa Jatti]]
** 21 August-25 October: [[Gati Krushna Misra]]
** starting 25 October: [[Akbar Ali Khan (politician)|Akbar Ali Khan]]
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] – [[Mahendra Mohan Choudhry]]
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] – [[Sardar Jogendra Singh]]
* [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] – [[Kodardas Kalidas Shah]]
* [[List of governors of Tripura|Tripura]] – [[L. P. Singh]]
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] – [[Akbar Ali Khan (politician)|Akbar Ali Khan]] (until 25 October), [[Marri Chenna Reddy]] (starting 25 October)
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] – [[Anthony Lancelot Dias]]

==Events==
*National income - {{INR}}793,779 million

=== January - March ===
* 3 January - A protest against 20% canteen fee hike in [[Lalbhai Dalpatbhai College of Engineering|Lalbhai Dalpatbhai College of Engineering, Ahmedabad]] turns into clashes with [[Gujarat Police|Police]] and later transformed to [[Navnirman Andolan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Goan Observer |date=2020-01-17 |title=1974 STRIKE INSPIRED JP MOVEMENT! |url=https://www.goanobserver.in/2020/01/17/1974-strike-inspired-jp-movement/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Goan Observer |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 5 January – [[Worli riots]] occurred in the [[chawl]] in the Worli neighborhood of Mumbai. The tensions prevailed till April.
* January – May [[1974 smallpox epidemic of India|smallpox epidemic]] in [[East India]].
* 19 February - [[Drillship]] Sagar Samrat struck oil at [[Bombay High]], 160 km off the shore.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ONGC - Mumbai High blossomed from depth of 962 meters on Well H-1-1 this day in 1974 – a new era dawned!! |url=https://www.ongcindia.com/wps/wcm/connect/en/media/press-release/mumbai+high+blossomed+from+depth+of+962+meters+on+well+h+1+1+this+day+in+1974+++a+new+era+dawned+ |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=www.ongcindia.com}}</ref>
* 16 March – [[Navnirman Andolan]] (Re-construction movement) a socio-political movement started in 1973 December in Gujarat by students and middle-class against economic crisis and corruption in public life. The movement ended with the dissolution of the elected government of [[Chimanbhai Patel]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nav-nirman Andolan of Gujarat, 1973-74: A new awakening|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/youth-movements/story/20220103-nav-nirman-andolan-of-gujarat-1973-74-a-new-awakening-1892293-2021-12-25|access-date=2022-01-16|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
* 18 March – [[Bihar Movement]] started as a movement by students in Bihar led by the veteran Gandhian socialist [[Jayaprakash Narayan]], against misrule and corruption in the [[Government of Bihar]].
* 25 March – Gaura Devi and 27 women confronted loggers in [[Chamoli district]] in connection with [[Chipko movement]].
* 28 March - [[Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare|Minister of Food and Agriculture]] [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]] announced that [[Government of India]] has decided to scrap take over of wholesale wheat distribution.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Bernard |last=Weinraub |date=1974-03-29 |title=India Ending Take‐Over Of Distribution of Wheat |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/03/29/archives/india-ending-takeover-of-distribution-of-wheat-prices-up-36-per.html |access-date=2022-04-17 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

=== April - December ===
* 8 May – A [[1974 railway strike in India|railway strike]] started by 1.7 million workers of [[Indian Railways]]. The strike lasted for 20 days till 27 May 1974 and was the largest recorded industrial action in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-05 |title=It was 1974 total strike of Railways that first showed India what life was without trains |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/coronavirus-impact-indian-railways-stopped-once-upon-a-time-when-trains-stopped-in-their-tracks-6347633/ |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Better jail than rail: George Fernandes' slogan that led to Asia's biggest railway strike in 1974 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/jan/30/better-jail-than-rail-george-fernandes-slogan-that-led-to-asias-biggest-railway-strike-in-1974-1931637.html |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=The New Indian Express |archive-date=29 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329041811/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/jan/30/better-jail-than-rail-george-fernandes-slogan-that-led-to-asias-biggest-railway-strike-in-1974-1931637.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 18 May – Under project [[Smiling Buddha]], India successfully detonates its first [[nuclear weapon]] in the Thar Desert, and becomes the sixth nation to do so.<ref>{{Cite web |title=First Nuclear Test at Pokhran in 1974 - India Nuclear Forces |url=https://nuke.fas.org/guide/india/nuke/first-pix.htm#:~:text=India%20conducted%20its%20first%20nuclear,a%20depth%20of%20107%20meters. |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=nuke.fas.org}}</ref>
* 28 June - [[Sirima–Gandhi Pact]] signed to solve the statelessness of [[Sri Lankan Tamils]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Premkumar |first=Rohan |date=2020-01-25 |title=Fifty years on, Citizenship Amendment Act brings new fears to Tamils repatriated from Sri Lanka |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/fifty-years-on-new-fears-for-repatriates/article61640688.ece |access-date=2022-04-17 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Phadnis |first=Urmila |date=1967 |title=The Indo-Ceylon Pact and the "Stateless" Indians in Ceylon |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2642476 |journal=Asian Survey |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=226–236 |doi=10.2307/2642476 |issn=0004-4687|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* 5 July - [[Colaba]] area of [[Bombay]] registers intense rainfall of 57.5 cms in 24 hours.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 6, 2020 |first=Poonam |last=Ahuja |title=Mumbai records its second highest all-time rainfall after 1974 |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/mumbai-records-its-second-highest-all-time-rainfall-after-1974/articleshow/77395215.cms |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=Mumbai Mirror |language=en}}</ref>
* 11–17 November - [[1974 Indian Open]] held at [[Bombay]].

==Births==
*1 January – [[Abha Dawesar]], novelist.
*9 January – [[Farhan Akhtar]], actor.
*7 January – [[Varun Badola]], actor.
*[[File:Hrithik Roshan promoting Mohenjo Daro.jpg|thumb|135x135px|[[Hrithik Roshan]]]]10 January – [[Hrithik Roshan]], actor.
*25 February – [[Divya Bharti]], actress (died 1993).
*28 February – [[Sunil (actor)]], actor and comedian.
*8 March – [[Fardeen Khan]], actor.
*14 March {{ndash}} [[Rohit Shetty]], film director.
*22 April – [[Chetan Bhagat]], novelist.
*23 April – [[Shwetha Menon]], actor.
*[[File:Captain Vikram Batra Portrait.jpg|thumb|160x160px|[[Vikram Batra]]]]20 May – [[Shiboprosad Mukherjee]], film director, writer and actor.
*28 May – [[Mayur Puri]], screenwriter, lyricist, actor, filmmaker.
*30 May {{ndash}} [[Mohan Raja]], film director.
*7 June – [[Mahesh Bhupathi]], tennis player.
*[[File:Vijay at Protest of the Nadigar Sangam.jpg|thumb|135x135px|[[Vijay (actor)]]]]22 June – [[Vijay (actor)|Joseph Vijay]], actor and playback singer.
*22 June {{ndash}} [[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]], actress.
*[[File:KarismaKapoor16.jpg|thumb|138x138px|[[Karisma Kapoor|Karishma Kapoor]]]]25 June – [[Karisma Kapoor]], actress.
*15 July – [[Neikezhakuo Kengurüse]], kargil hero. (died 1999).
*5 August – [[Kajol]], actress.
*9 September – [[Vikram Batra]], Indian Army-KARGIL HERO. (died 1999).
*25 September {{ndash}} [[AR Murugadoss]], film director.
*4 October- Subeer Sakssena- IT leader
*23 October – [[Aravind Adiga]], journalist and author, 2008 [[Man Booker Prize]] winner.
[[File:VVSLaxman.jpg|thumb|150x150px|[[VVS Laxman]]]]
*1 November – [[V. V. S. Laxman]], cricketer.
*9 November – [[Manav Gohil]], television actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/happy-birthday-manav-shalini-payal-malhar-pankaj-and-tanvi|title=Happy Birthday to Manav, Shalini, Payal, Malhar, Pankaj and Tanvi|publisher=tellychakkar.com|date=9 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111172612/http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/happy-birthday-manav-shalini-payal-malhar-pankaj-and-tanvi|access-date=2012-11-25|archive-date=11 November 2012}}</ref>
*19 December – [[Most valuable player|MVP]], Writer & Author.
*21 December – [[Sanjiv Chaturvedi]], Indian Forest Service officer.
*25 December {{ndash}} [[Nagma]], actress and politician.

==Deaths==
*2 January – [[Prabhas Chandra Lahiri]], revolutionary, politician and writer (b. 1893).
*4 February – [[Satyendra Nath Bose]], [[physicist]] (b. 1894).
*11 February – [[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]], [[Telugu Play Back Singer]] (b.[[4Dec 1922 in India|1922]]).
*23 September – [[Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur]], last [[Maharaja]] of [[Kingdom of Mysore|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).
*[[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 ==
* [[List of Bollywood films of 1974]]

{{Years in India}}
{{Year in Asia|1974}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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1974 in India - Revision history

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