1970 in India

Incumbents

Union Government

• President of India – V. V. Giri
• Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
• Vice President of India – Gopal Swarup Pathak
• Chief Justice of India – Mohammad Hidayatullah, Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah

States: Governors

• Andhra Pradesh – Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
• Assam – Braj Kumar Nehru
• Bihar – Nityanand Kanungo
• Gujarat – Shriman Narayan
• Haryana – Birendra Narayan Chakraborty
• Jammu and Kashmir – Bhagwan Sahay
• Karnataka – Gopal Swarup Pathak
• Kerala – V. Viswanathan
• Madhya Pradesh – K. Chengalaraya Reddy
• Maharashtra – P V Cherian
• Meghalaya – Braj Kumar Nehru
• Nagaland – B.K. Nehru
• Odisha – Shaukatullah Shah Ansari
• Punjab – Dadappa Chintappa Pavate
• Rajasthan – Sardar Hukam Singh
• Tamil Nadu – Sardar Ujjal Singh
• Uttar Pradesh – Bezawada Gopala Reddy
• West Bengal – Shanti Swaroop Dhavan

Events

• National income - 468,169 million
• 21 January - A state transport bus was torched by Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers at Chavassery, Kannur district killing four passengers.
• 4 March – New Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation formed in the state of Maharashtra.
• 17 March - Sainbari political killings by Communists in West Bengal.
• 2 September - President of India V. V. Giri opens Vivekananda Rock Memorial.
• 7 September – Maharashtra Pollution Control Board is established under the provisions of Maharashtra Prevention of Water Pollution Act, 1969.
• 17 September - 1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election in which Communist Party of India and Indian National Congress contested as a United Front against a Communist Party of India (Marxist) led coalition were held.
• 31 October - Mangalore Mail crashes into a stationary Cochin Mail at 8:10 p.m. at the Perambur station, Chennai, killing 16 and injuring 108.
• Bajaj Auto rolls out its 100,000th vehicle.

Births

January to June

• 29 January – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, politician and Olympic medalist
• 21 February – Karunas, comedian-actor.
• 21 March – Shobana, actress and dancer.
• 16 April – Mukesh Kumar, field hockey player.
• 26 April Saranya Ponvannan, actress.
• 18 May Rekha Josephine, actress.
• 1 June R. Madhavan, actor.
• 18 June Arvind Swamy, actor.
• 19 June – Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician, leader of the Indian National Congress and current Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha.

July to December

• 9 July – Neil Nongkynrih, pianist and conductor
• 19 July – P. Amudha, IAS officer
• 21 July – Siddhartha Mukherjee, biologist
• 22 July – Devendra Fadnavis, Politician, 18th chief minister of Maharashtra.
• 6 August – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian American writer -director.
• 16 August
• *Saif Ali Khan, actor.
• *Manisha Koirala, actress.
• 15 September Ramya Krishnan, actress.
• 29 September Khushbu Sundar, actress and politician.
• 10 October – Ali, actor.
• 17 October – Anil Kumble, cricketer.
• 17 October – Aadukalam Naren, actor.
• 23 November – Sajid Khan, film director
• 27 November – Thirumal Valavan, field hockey player.
• 12 December – Cheran, director and actor.
• 20 December – Sohail Khan, actor, producer and director.
• 25 December – Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Indian military officer.
• 28 December – Sajid Khan, actor.

Deaths

• 24 June – Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur, last ruling Maharaja of Jaipur.
• 24 July – Peter de Noronha, businessman, philanthropist and civil servant.
• 21 November – C. V. Raman, physicist, awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics.