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- Incumbents
- Events
- Births January to June July to December
- Deaths Full date unknown
- See also
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2013}}{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}{{Year in India|1979}}Events in the year 1979 in the Republic of India. Incumbents- President of India – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
- Prime Minister of India – Morarji Desai until 28 July, Charan Singh
- Chief Justice of India – Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud
Events- 1 January – President of India makes official the decision to set up the Mandal Commission
- 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. Hundreds killed but government officially accepts 36 deaths.
- 1 June – Vizianagaram district is formed in Andhra Pradesh.
- 27 June – CISF conflict at Bokaro
- 11 August – Morvi dam burst, the worst flood disaster in independent India, happens in Gujarat, killing 1500-15000 people
- 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.
BirthsJanuary to June- 7 January – Bipasha Basu, actress and model.
- 28 February – Srikanth
- 24 March – Emraan Hashmi, actor.
- 23 May - Divya Palat, actress.
- 12 June – Tottempudi Gopichand, actor.
July to December- 31 August – Yuvan Shankar Raja, film composer and singer.
- 1 September – Aamir Ali, actor
- 11 September – Tulip Joshi, model and actress.
- 14 September – Kamya Panjabi, actress.
- 7 October – Narain, actor.
- 4 November – Lazarus Barla, field hockey player.
- 14 December – Samit Basu, novelist.
Deaths- 18 August - Vasantrao Phulsing Naik, Politician, Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1913)
- 3 December – Dhyan Chand, field hockey player (b. 1905).
- - D.K.Sapru,character actor.
Full date unknown- Banaphool, author, playwright and poet (b. 1899).
- Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar (b. 1907).
See also {{Years in India}}{{Year in Asia|1979}}{{DEFAULTSORT:1979 In India}} 3 : 1979 in India|1979 by country|Years of the 20th century in India |