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{{Year in India|1979}}<br />
Events in the year '''1979 in the Republic of India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[President of India]] – [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]<br />
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Morarji Desai]] until 28 July, [[Charan Singh]]<br />
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud]]<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]] – [[Jaisukh lal Hathi]]<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 />
*1 January – President of India makes official the decision to set up the [[Mandal Commission]]<br />
*31 January – The police under direction of [[Jyoti Basu]], Chief Minister of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] -led government of [[West Bengal]], surrounds and opens fire on unarmed refugee settlement of [[Morichjhapi]] island in [[Sunderbans]], [[West Bengal]]. <br />
*1 June – [[Vizianagaram district]] is formed in [[Andhra Pradesh]].<br />
*27 June – [[CISF conflict at Bokaro]]<br />
*11 August – [[Morvi dam burst]], the worst flood disaster in independent India, happens in Gujarat, killing 1500-15000 people<br />
* Dr. Leo Rebello is appointed Special Executive Magistrate (same as Justice of Peace) for Greater Bombay. Holds the honorary office for 18 years helping thousands of people.<br />
* Athi Varadhar came out after 40 years in Varadharajar Temple, Kanchipuram.<br />
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==Births==<br />
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===January to June===<br />
*[[File:Bipasha Basu unveils Health’s latest magazine cover (3).jpg|thumb|180x180px|[[Bipasha Basu]]]]7 January – [[Bipasha Basu]], actress and model.<br />
*28 February – [[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1979)|Srikanth]]<br />
*[[File:Emraan Hashmi.jpg|thumb|119x119px|[[Emraan Hashmi]]]]24 March – [[Emraan Hashmi]], actor.<br />
*17 April – [[Siddarth Narayanan]], actor.<br />
*23 May - [[Divya Palat]], actress.<br />
*10 June – [[D. K. Ravi]], late IAS officer.<br />
*12 June – [[Tottempudi Gopichand]], actor.<br />
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===July to December===<br />
*1 July - [[Sanjeev Kumar Mishra]], Writer<br />
*31 August – [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]], film composer and singer.<br />
*1 September – [[Aamir Ali]], actor<br />
*11 September – [[Tulip Joshi]], model and actress.<br />
*[[File:Kamya Punjabi graces the Indian Television Academy Awards 2017 (12) (cropped).jpg|thumb|180x180px|[[Kamya Panjabi|Kamya Punjabi]]]]14 September – [[Kamya Panjabi]], actress.<br />
*27 September – [[B Chandrakala]], Indian Administrative Service officer.<br />
*3 October – [[Sanjukta Parashar (IPS)|Sanjukta Parashar]], IPS.<br />
*7 October – [[Narain (actor)|Narain]], actor.<br />
*23 October – [[Prabhas (actor)|Prabhas]], actor.<br />
*4 November – [[Lazarus Barla]], field hockey player.<br />
*14 December – [[Samit Basu]], novelist.<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*18 August - [[Vasantrao Phulsing Naik]], Politician, Former [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] (b. 1913)<br />
*3 December – [[Dhyan Chand]], field hockey player (b. 1905).<br />
* - [[Sapru (actor)|D.K.Sapru]], character actor. <br />
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===Full date unknown===<br />
*[[Banaphool]], author, playwright and poet (b. 1899).<br />
*[[Hazari Prasad Dwivedi]], novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar (b. 1907).<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bollywood films of 1979]]<br />
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