1977 in India

"See also:"
1976 in India,
other events of 1977,
1978 in India and the
Timeline of Indian history.

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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 March - Nehru Planetarium commissioned.
*November - More than 10,000 people die when a 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.
*A commission, chaired by B P Mandal is set up.

Births

*14 January - Narain Karthikeyan, motor racing driver.
*27 January - Deepshika, actress.
*23 March - Smriti Zubin Irani, actress and politician.
*9 June - Roopa Mishra, civil servant.
*2 July - Ganesh, actor.
*21 November - Karthik Kumar, actor.
*24 November - Dilip Tirkey, field hockey player.

Full date unknown

*Vasundhara Das, actress and singer.

Deaths

*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).