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{{Year in India|1976}}<br />
Events in the year '''1976 in the Republic of India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[President of India]] – [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]]<br />
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Indira Gandhi]]<br />
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[Ajit Nath Ray]]<br />
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===Governors===<br />
* [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Gujarat|Gujarat]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Haryana|Haryana]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Manipur|Manipur]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Meghalaya|Meghalaya]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Nagaland|Nagaland]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Sikkim|Sikkim]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Tripura|Tripura]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] –<br />
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==Events==<br />
* 16 April – A family planning initiative involves the vasectomy of thousands of men and tubal ligation of women, either for payment or under coercive conditions. (The minimum age for marriage is also raised to 21 years for men and 18 years for women.) The son of then-Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]], [[Sanjay Gandhi]], is largely blamed for what turned out to be a failed program.<ref>{{Cite news | title=The Indira enigma | date=11 May 2001 | access-date=28 July 2006 | publisher=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1809/18090740.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110074114/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1809/18090740.htm | archive-date=10 November 2006 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> A strong backlash against any initiative associated with family planning followed the highly controversial program, which continues (in part) into the 21st century.<ref>{{Cite news | title=Male involvement and contraceptive methods for men | date=September 1996 | access-date=28 July 2006|publisher=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] | url=http://www.malecontraceptives.org/articles/ringheim_article.php}}</ref><br />
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==Births==<br />
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===January to June===<br />
* [[File:Abhishek Bachchan.jpg|thumb|140x140px|[[Abhishek Bachchan]]]]5 February – [[Abhishek Bachchan]], actor.<br />
Vishnu Vardhan Jaladanki<br />
* 4 April – [[Simran Bagga]], actress.<br />
* 9 April – [[Rohit Gupta]], writer and inventor.<br />
* 9 April – [[Nithin Sathya]], actor.<br />
* 21 May – [[Aditi Gowitrikar]], model, actress and physician.<br />
* [[File:AmeeshaPatel01.jpg|thumb|145x145px|[[Ameesha Patel|Amisha Patel]]]]9 June – [[Amisha Patel]], actress.<br />
*29 June – [[Saurabh Kalia]], Military officer-KARGIL HERO.<br />
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===July to December===<br />
* 20 July - [[Debashish Mohanty]], cricketer. <br />
*12 August – [[Baljit Singh Saini]], field hockey player.<br />
* 15 August - [[Raja Mukhtar]], Pentecostal Pastor, Evangelist and Bible Teacher.<br />
* 27 October – [[Pooja Batra]], actress.<br />
* 19 September – [[Ishaa Koppikar]], actress and model.<br />
*14 November - [[Hemang Badani]], cricketer.<br />
*4 December – [[Akun Sabharwal]], Indian police officer.<br />
*[[File:Bhaichung Bhutia at the NDTV Marks for Sports event 21.jpg|thumb|180x180px|[[Bhaichung Bhutia|Baichung Bhutia]]]]15 December – [[Baichung Bhutia]], soccer player.<br />
*26 December – [[Vijayant Thapar]], Indian Army and belonged to the famous 2 Rajputana Rifles (infantry regiment).<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
* 25 January – [[Swami Anand]], Gandhi activist and writer (b. 1887)<br />
* 28 July – [[T. Nagi Reddy]], communist politician (b. 1917).<br />
* [[File:Mukesh Indian Singer.jpg|thumb|171x171px|[[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]]]]27 August – [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]], playback singer (b. 1923).<br />
* 2 September – [[Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar]], writer (b. 1898).<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bollywood films of 1976]]<br />
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{{Year in Asia|1976}}<br />
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