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Events in the year 1977 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
- President of India – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed until 11 February, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.[1]
- Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi until 24 March, Morarji Desai.[2]
- Chief Justice of India – Ajit Nath Ray (until 27 January), Mirza Hameedullah Beg (starting 27 January)
Events
- March – The first non-Congress government sweeps to power following Indira Gandhi's defeat at the general elections. Morarji Desai becomes prime minister.[3]
- 3 March – Nehru Planetarium commissioned.[4]
- November – More than 10,000 people die when the 1977 Andhra Pradesh cyclone hits India's southeast coast. The storm disrupts life for 5.4 million people in 830 villages, and damages 14,000 km² of cropland.[5]
Births
- 14 January – Narain Karthikeyan, motor racing driver.
- 27 January – Deepshika, actress.
- 16 February – Darshan Thoogudeep, actor and film producer.
- 21 February – Ranjith, singer and composer.
- 23 March – Smriti Zubin Irani, actress and politician.
- 4 April – Shamshuddin Ibrahim, model and actor.
- 19 April – Anju Bobby George, athlete.
- 25 May – Karthik Sivakumar, actor.
- 2 July – Ganesh, actor.
- 29 August – Vishal Krishna, actor and film producer.
- 29 Sep - Ashvin Gondalia, Dancer, Choreographer.
- 18 October – Jyothika, actress.
- 18 October – Kunal Kapoor, actor.
- 24 November – Dilip Tirkey, field hockey player.
Full date unknown
- Rajorshi Chakraborti, novelist.
- Vasundhara Das, actress and singer.
Deaths
- 11 February – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, fifth President of India (b. 1905)
- 22 March – A. K. Gopalan, communist leader (b. 1904).
- 14 November – A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder–acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (b. 1896).
Full date unknown
- Hamid Dalwai, social reformer and writer (b. 1932).
- Abdul Majid Daryabadi, Muslim writer and exegete of the Qur'an (b. 1892).
See also
References
- ↑ Venkatraman, Archana (27 July 2015). "As the venerated former President APJ Abdul Kalam passes away, here's a list of all Presidents of India". India Bulletin. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
- ↑ "*** List of Prime Ministers of India From 1947 to 2014". www.currentaffairsedu.com. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
- ↑ "Shri Morarji Desai | Prime Minister of India". www.pmindia.gov.in. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
- ↑ Besant, Annie (October 18, 2014). "Nehru Centre Planetarium". Nehru Centre. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
- ↑ The storm in Orissa. Economist, 00130613, 11/6/1999, Vol. 353, Issue 8144
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