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{{Year in India|1978}}<br />
Events in the year '''1978 in the Republic of India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[President of India]] – [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]<br />
* [[File:Morarji Desai portrait.jpg|thumb|150x150px|[[Morarji Desai]]]][[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Morarji Desai]]<br />
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[Mirza Hameedullah Beg]] (until 21 February), [[Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud]] (starting 22 February)<br />
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===Governors===<br />
* [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] – [[Sharda Mukherjee]] (until 15 August), [[K. C. Abraham]] (starting 15 August)<br />
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – [[L. P. Singh]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – [[Jagannath Kaushal]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Gujarat|Gujarat]] – [[Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham]] (until 14 August), [[Sharda Mukherjee]] (starting 14 August)<br />
* [[List of governors of Haryana|Haryana]] – [[Harcharan Singh Brar]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]] – [[Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] – [[L. K. Jha]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] – [[Govind Narain]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] – [[Jothi Venkatachalam]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] – [[N. N. Wanchu]] (until 16 August), [[C. M. Poonacha]] (starting 16 August)<br />
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] – [[Sri Sadiq Ali]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Manipur|Manipur]] – [[L.P. Singh]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Meghalaya|Meghalaya]] – [[L.P. Singh]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Nagaland|Nagaland]] – [[L.P. Singh]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] – [[Bhagwat Dayal Sharma]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] – [[Jaisukh Lal Hathi]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] – [[Raghukul Tilak]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Sikkim|Sikkim]] – [[B. B. Lal]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] – [[Prabhudas Patwari]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Tripura|Tripura]] – [[L. P. Singh]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] – [[Ganpatrao Devji Tapase]] <br />
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] – [[Anthony Lancelot Dias]]<br />
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==Events==<br />
* National income - {{INR}}1,126,714 million<br />
* 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.<br />
* 16 January – [[Morarji Desai]] led government demonetizes high denomination banknotes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-01-16|title=41 years ago, Morarji Desai's govt also demonetised high value banknotes|url=https://theprint.in/economy/41-years-ago-morarji-desais-govt-also-demonetised-high-value-banknotes/177608/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 29 March – Dr. Leo Rebello pioneers a 60 lessons distance learning course in Naturopathy to train Naturopaths to serve in India's 560,000 villages. <br />
* 7 November – [[Indira Gandhi]] is re-elected to the Indian parliament.<br />
* 19 December – Indira Gandhi is arrested and jailed for a week for breach of privilege and contempt of parliament.<br />
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==Law==<br />
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==Births==<br />
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===January to June===<br />
*13 January – [[Ashmit Patel]], actor.<br />
*21 March – [[Rani Mukerji]], actress.<br />
*28 March – [[Nafisa Joseph]], model, [[MTV]] [[VJ (media personality)|VJ]], [[Femina Miss India|Miss India]] 1997 (d.2004).<br />
*[[File:Lara Dutta launches her 'Prenatal Yoga' DVD (8)(cropped).jpg|thumb|163x163px|[[Lara Dutta]]]]16 April – [[Lara Dutta]], actress, [[Miss Universe]] in 2000.<br />
*4 May – Samita Singh Virtigo patients of Deodh Madhubani Bihar<br />
*5 May – [[Sandeep Baswana]], actor.<br />
*25 June – [[Aftab Shivdasani]], actor.<br />
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===July to December===<br />
*17 August – [[Disha Vakani]], actress.<br />
*21 August – [[Bhumika Chawla]], actress.<br />
*31 August – [[Jayasurya]], actor.<br />
*16 September – [[Meena (actress)|Meena]], actress.<br />
*[[File:Soha Ali Khan at Jaypore store launch in Bandra.jpg|thumb|167x167px|[[Soha Ali Khan]]]]4 October – [[Soha Ali Khan]], actress.<br />
*20 October – [[Virender Sehwag]], cricketer.<br />
*1 November – [[Manju Warrier]], actress.<br />
*25 November – [[Sameer Dad]], field hockey player.<br />
*25 November – [[Rakhi Sawant]], actress<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*19 February – [[Pankaj Mullick]], singer and composer (b. 1905).<br />
*18 November – [[Dhirendra Nath Ganguly]], film entrepreneur, actor and director (b. 1893).<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bollywood films of 1978]]<br />
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{{Year in Asia|1978}}<br />
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